2/3/23
I was reading The Iceman Cometh while Jacqueline was watching Jeopardy! The answer to one of the questions was Eugene O'Neill.
2/9/23
Just a tiny one, but this happens so often that I thought I'd go ahead and note it. I was reading with the tv on, and just as I read the word "state" in Sketches by Boz, Jonathan Lemire said the word "state."
2/22/23
Just going to give a short version here, but I think it's worth a long version, too, so I'll put that moment HERE.
I bought a sketch pad for one of my son's friends a bunch of weeks ago. On the morning I was going to give it to her, I realized that the wire binding could be dangerous for her--she's a serious cutter, and has proven resourceful in finding ways to cut herself. So I gave it to someone else and decided to buy my son's friend a different kind next time I was out and about. Being me, it took a few more weeks to get around to that, but last night I did, and this morning I took it to her. When I gave it to her, she said, "How did you know that today was my birthday?" I thought she was kidding me at firsr, but nope, today was her birthday. What are the odds on THAT, I wonder.
More to come.
2 comments:
I had an astonishing one on Saturday. My oldest son had his regional academic team meet. I've been reading the short stories of Herman Melville, and the book was on the kitchen table in the morning. He looked it over and said, "If they ask who wrote Bartleby the Scrivener or Moby Dick, I'll know to answer Melville." The very first question of the first quick recall match was, "This author of Billy Budd and Moby Dick..." He scored the first point of the day.
I have to read some Jung on coincidences; I'm convinced there's more to it than happenstance, but don't have any idea what that "more" is.
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