So, we were at the post office sending the Advent Calendar to Hunter and Hannah, and a guy from the neighborhood paper asked to take our picture. Of course, the first reaction was NO, but then - since we were in a good mood (and usually are) we said YES.
Here it is. It says:
WE ENJOY LIVING IN BREMEN NORD ...
because this is a friendly small town - direct on the Weser and close to green spaces so it's easy to take bike trips.
The next day, a friend called and said (jokingly - I suppose) How embarrassing! Then half of the Monday night English group brought in the clipping and they all said what a nice picture it was. It is. Werner is quite photogenic.
But best of all, we each got a totally unexpected call. A middle school classmate of Werner's - who he hadn't seen since about 1966 and who happens to live in this area - saw the picture and called! They had a nice phone visit and plan to get together for coffee soon.
Then I got an e-mail from a nice woman who was in one of my former classes at a local business. She had pleasant memories of our meetings - and it brought back pleasant memories for me too. Who would have thought that that little picture would get such responses. Thank goodness for small pleasures.
1 comment:
This is my first fan letter. I have always been a closet groupie (remember Jack Lemmon?) so it is so exciting to see that you have become famous. You'll need to save the paper and authgraph it for us to go with our other memorabilia.
Julia
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