tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post3647311845470478862..comments2023-11-22T06:35:25.251-05:00Comments on POE'S DEADLY DAUGHTERS: The Joy of Random ConnectionsJulia Buckleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10270211923343731659noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post-11862763394693511272013-07-22T16:45:24.488-04:002013-07-22T16:45:24.488-04:00That's awesome, Sheila--how nice to feel like ...That's awesome, Sheila--how nice to feel like you're part of such a big clan. :)Julia Buckleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10270211923343731659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post-90522847199430199272013-07-22T14:12:37.358-04:002013-07-22T14:12:37.358-04:00That's wonderful! Yes, they are like little co...That's wonderful! Yes, they are like little cosmic gifts, and their complexity makes them beautiful.Julia Buckleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10270211923343731659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post-24899081236689013822013-07-22T10:23:36.292-04:002013-07-22T10:23:36.292-04:00I call them "small world stories." One I...I call them "small world stories." One I think I blogged about on PDD years ago involved mystery writer Meredith Cole, a friend from MWA and Sisters in Crime in New York. At a mystery party one evening, the conversation touched on colleges, and Meredith mentioned that her mother had just gone to her 45th reunion at Swarthmore in Pennsylvania. Or maybe I mentioned first, a propos an Elizabeth Zelvinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13944424094949207841noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post-30644818825957710022013-07-22T09:51:23.247-04:002013-07-22T09:51:23.247-04:00With me it happens through genealogy. I have foun...With me it happens through genealogy. I have found I'm related to total strangers I run into on the street, once we start talking. And I have a wonderful time in cemeteries: once I went to a large one looking for one person who I knew was there, and stumbled upon a single plot with four generations of another branch of my family. (Drives my husband nuts when I do that--he's jealous.)Sheila Connollyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05165644581595919711noreply@blogger.com