The Ketchupping

a family story

My father's mother was a woman of legendary cold temper. Now that she has been dead for twenty-plus years, I feel that I can talk about it a bit. It should be understood that I find her cold temper, particularly now that there is no longer a risk that I will find myself at the wrong end of it, an admirable property.

By a "cold temper" I mean that my gran…