Sunday Morning... Crossword is done!

Found out yesterday that the Truman Gillet Bed and Breakfast in North Granby, Connecticut has been 100% booked up by Margaret Pratt Memorial attendees.... both rooms.

Soon folks from all over the world will begin to arise from their comfortable situations and begin the long journey back to The Old Lilacs... the ancestral home. Like salmon returning to spawn, they are returning to the headwaters of the clan to mourn. They will endure the trials of the TSA inspectors, callous flight attendants, and cramped seating, and pass through major transportation centers on their way to Bradley International Airport in Windsor Locks, Connecticut. Upon arrival at Bradley, will rent cars for the final leg of their journey to the sleepy town of Granville in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and the mecca at the corner of South Lane and Water Street. At The Old Lilacs they will begin the rites of celebration and mourning by eating copious amounts of sweet corn and cultivated blueberries. They will oil their bodies with insect repellant and consume a beverage called "beer".

Ritual activities will begin on Saturday morning with a meeting of the siblings. Following the meeting of the siblings there will be a solemn procession to the Granville cemetery. There the ashes of Margaret Schlosser Pratt will be interred in the plot of the Pratt clan next to the ashes of William Stanley Pratt.

The clan will then return to The Old Lilacs to prepare for a traditional feast, called The Corn Roast. As evening approaches, more beer is consumed, and the corn is thrown, still alive, into pots of boiling water. The clan then begins the traditional rite of gluttony. More beer will be consumed and celebration will continue well into the evening.

Sobriety returns to the clan for the Sunday Mourning (held on Sunday Morning, of course). A mini-shrine celebrating the life Margaret Tripp Schlosser Pratt will be constucted on the back lawn of the Old Lilacs. The clan will then gather around for poetry reading and remembrances.
Following the rites of mourning some of the clan will proceed to a gathering of another clan called "The Roberts Reunion". At this gathering, a tribute to Margaret Roberts Tripp Schlosser Pratt will be read.

Then the clan will begin its weary dispersal, back into the clutches of the car rental agencies, rude TSA workers, disgruntled flight attendants, cramped seating, and crowded transportation hubs, to return to their comfortable situations hoping all the while that their pets are still alive and around, their gardens are not desiccated, and the tomato crop has not been harvested by pests and neighbors.

I'll let you know how it goes.