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Crossword #k2: Meadow's Second

To the Princess of Grandpa’s Heart

She’s done it again!This puzzle was created for Meadow’s seventh birthday. She spent her special day in California celebrating with her Great-grandparents Bachman, great aunt and uncles, and a host of the teeming ranks of a growing family. Later, she visited the Northern California coast with her brother Haaken, her parents, and her aunt Tammy.

(The California State Park—once known as “Patrick’s Point”[1] is now known as “Sue-Meg"—is a favorite of her mom and aunt. It holds many special memories for her Grampy-the-Gramp as well.)

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From Meadow and her “gnastic!” nuclear fam (minus furriest, plus Auntie T)[2] Readers should click or tap on thumbnails to reveal more generously sized images.

Sisters Nicole and Tammy recreate a childhood memory of theirs (and mine).Haaken and Meadow visit Grandpa and Grandma “Great” in 2020 and 2022.Portrait of happy campers at the beautiful Northern California coast as photographed by loving Auntie T

Notes

  1. On the indigenous Yurok people’s “Sue-Meg” name see the park’s Wikipedia page, which links (in a footnote) to the sad story of the unworthy namesake of the park’s long-time designation. [^]
  2. “Gnastic” is Haaken’s word (meaning, roughly, “gnarly.” Word on the street has it that a mysterious “G-the-G” has a gnastic, animal-themed crossword in the works for Haaken, the walking animal encyclopedia. [^]
 
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