And it gave me the creeps, when I was a boy, to go into that big, for-ever-twilight room of hers, and know that in this jar was all that remained of my maternal grand-aunt, and that in that jar was my great-grandfather, and that in all the jars were the preserved bone-remnants of the shadowy dust of the ancestors whose seed had come down and been incorporated in the living, breathing me. ❋ Unknown (2010)
Marjorie, a sprightly 92, my late grandfather's sister in law, aka my step great-aunt, or step grand-aunt -- or would it be ex-step-great-aunt because our connection is no longer with us? ❋ Unknown (2009)
The first time I'd ever seen really natural moonlight was when I went to visit my grand-aunt Grace in Oregon, in 1994. ❋ Fantasyecho (2006)
My grand-aunt used to make exactly similar "shaak" of padwal or snake gourds too. ❋ Meera (2008)
My grand-aunt always added sugar to the dough and would say the puris remain puffed up. ❋ Meera (2008)
Roma's grand-aunt, Eileen Ryan, was an aquaintance of Margaret Pearse - Patrick's mother. ❋ Dr. Eugene F.M. O'Loughlin (2008)
Our grand-uncle opens the gates for us, with our grand-aunt rushing close behind, welcoming us into the house. ❋ Jyothsna (2008)
By this time grand-aunt joins us, giving us a tour of the backyard pointing to the drumsticks, curry leaves, chillies, cheera or amaranth leaves, marachini or tapioca, chena or yam, chembu or colocassia, tamarind….. there is enough growing to make a lovely lunch! ❋ Jyothsna (2008)
The youngest of the three was to receive from a grand-aunt a good hundred thousand livres of income; the second was the heir by entail to the title of the Duke, his uncle; the eldest was to succeed to the peerage of his grandfather. ❋ Unknown (2008)
The woman writing the letter is Mrs. Charles W. Brooks and she was my grand-aunt. ❋ Unknown (2007)
All I can say is friends, neither did I know until my grand-aunt make this once and I fell in love with the tastes. ❋ Unknown (2006)
This recipe has taken inspiration from my grand-aunt -Mythili mami in Chennai who probably makes the most amazing traditional Tamil food. ❋ Unknown (2006)
It was my grand-aunt (whose portrait we still have in the family) who got into the clock-case at the Royal ❋ Unknown (2006)
I've been wanting to go to Gourmet Carousel after my dad and grand-aunt heartily recommended it. ❋ Anne (2005)
Isaka Seme, who was married to my grand-aunt, Princess Phikisile ka Dinuzulu, and it was a Zulu, Chief Albert Lutuli, who salvaged the ANC from disarray and disrepute in the first five years of National Party rule, when it was almost moribund. ❋ Unknown (1994)
Prince Vladimir and his mother, Ivan's uncle and grand-aunt, were also executed. ❋ R. Van Bergen (N/A)
