Saturday, May 8, 2004

Keep 'em coming. No coincidence too small (some too big...). Karen from The Hermit's Bid for Attention has this to add: I've got one for you. About a decade ago, I was cleaning houses for money. I had a regular client who engaged me to clean the place where he was house-sitting. I did not know this woman he was house-sitting for, and I hadn't seen her condominium. Driving to the job, I thought for the first time in years and years of a former professor of mine, Valerie Miner. Valerie was (I think still is) a prolific author of feminist-themed fiction. I was thinking of one title of hers from the 70s, called "Blood Sisters." I just happened to remember the book, though I'd never read it, and was clearly visualizing its purple-and-white cover as I drove. You can probably guess the ending of this freaky story. The woman whose place I was to clean, turned out to be a Valerie Miner fan. When I was dusting her shelves, one of the titles that turned up was--you guessed it--"Blood Sisters," by Valerie Miner. Karen Armstead 5/7/04; 1:17:28 PM 10:33:37 AM    comment []

Patia from montana mUsIngs contributes the following coincidence: Yesterday I checked my mailbox and found a card from a distant friend, Karen, whom I hadn't heard from in months and months. Later in the afternoon, I got a phone call from another friend, Kristen, whom I also hadn't heard from in months and months. I met Kristen in a class, and eventually Kristen introduced me to Karen. Both were from Michigan, but had met here in Missoula. Both are now living in Michigan again. So when Kristen called, I said, "Have you and Karen been plotting, or is it a coincidence that I got a card from Karen and a phone call from you in the same day?" Total coincidence. Karen and Kristen haven't been in touch in a while. Patia 5/1/04; 3:52:15 PM 10:29:44 AM    comment []