Friday, October 28, 2016

It's All Connected Somewhere . . .


A while back I discovered that one of the CNAs here went to school with my friend Ruth's daughter. Cool. She told me who her folks were and when she mentioned her dad's name, it sounded familiar -- as in someone I'd heard of but didn't actually know.

When John was here yesterday and the CNA was in the room, I asked the name again to see if it rang a bell with John.

"Oh, yeah, he bought a pair of our Milking Devon steers to use as oxen."

And, lo and behold, she had a picture on her phone! Her and her dad and the oxen with yokes he'd made. It was quite a few years back . . . fifteen? twenty? . . .

But how about that!

7 comments:

Elizabeth Varadan, Author said...

These links can be surprising. For several years we lived in Athens, Georgia, and then we returned to California, moving to Sacramento. For a while we were interested in golf, and one day we met a couple who were out visiting — from Athens, Georgia! We had never met them in Athens, but we found we had several mutual friends, and they caught us up on all the latest news about our friends!

Ms. A said...

A connection AND a photo! Cool!

Anvilcloud said...

Nice connection to brighten your day. Have a good one.

Barbara Rogers said...

It's somewhat scary how we're so connected- since there are so many of us humans now. So when they say what goes round comes back, it sure might hit us in the head. I guess I'd better behave!

Frances said...

I just love moments like that! xo

NCmountainwoman said...

Not even six degrees. Fascinating coincidence that she would have the photograph.

L. D. said...

It is a good connection and story.