"All true wealth is biological"

Edward is back, he's my cousin and staying with us while flatless. Ed's made of stories and strange facts. Even though he's so jet lagged he's hardly here yet already I've had half a tale about stealth bomber test pilots' sleep cycles.

Also, my mother brought two of my kids' cousins over and they were all lovely to each other. Having even one cousin around makes me feel rich because mine were all english and growing up here my life seemed lacking in them (Edward is nouveau-kiwi). My kids are far richer, they have 5 cousins in Wellington.

(The quote's from Lois McMaster Bujold via Cordelia Naismith Vorkosigan).