In addition to all of the coincidences about Emmett and the 2nd graders of New Paltz, there are two other cool connections that have to do with our move.
For his 7th bday, we got Emmett a trumpet. One day, the mouthpiece got stuck in, so a trumpet player suggested we take it Sam Ash, a well-known music store in midtown Manhattan. As it happens, Shirra's favorite cousin works there. More jawdropping, tho was our discovery that he and his family have recently moved to a town near New Paltz!
The other nice surprise we got came on the ferry to Martha's Vineyard last month. In the car ahead of us, I spotted a man I had only seen once in 20 years, Pat Manning. The last time I saw Pat was 1998, when I ran into him in Albany during a session of the state Assembly. Pat has been an elected assemblyman for Dutchess County since 1990 and has been successful in many enterprises. [I guess he's officially a moderate Republican, but I think he could also be considered a moderate Democrat or even a moderate Independent. Basically he's a great guy, and great pol, whose views are not easily pegged.] Pat was heading to Martha's Vineyard for a week with his sons and his girlfriend. We managed to get together for a fun day at the beach, and it turns out that his girlfriend and Shirra have a lot in common, especially knitting. They don't live in New Paltz, but they're pretty close.
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