Name synchronicities always intrigue me, probably because I usually end up exclaiming, “What are the odds on that one?”
Recently, our friend Paula Bruce discovered that her aunt, after whom she was named, her mother’s sister, had died several years ago and had left a trunk for her and her brother with Paula’s stepfather. Her brother, who lives in New York, picked it up between snow storms. It contained some old family photos and a collection of 19th century art.
Her brother mailed the art to a second cousin in Nevada, who knows a place where the art can be appraised. She has been tracking it across the country. It’s now in a town called Willard, in New Mexico, since last night (March 24th). Willard is a town of 225. Here’s the synchro weirdness. Paula’s maternal grandmother and Aunt Paula’s mother were sister and Willard was their favorite brother.
So, back to those odds…
The name Willard always reminds me of rats and the song ‘Ben’ for some reason –
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willard_(1971_film)
A sequel called Ben was released in 1972 –
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_(film)
That was my first thought, Daz, when I heard the name. This particular Willard looks like a stop on a wagon train!
The actor who starred as Willard in that movie is named Bruce Davison –
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce_Davison
As in Paula BRUCE 😉
The name synchro continues!
I was just looking up Bruce’s acting credits on his Wikipedia page and saw his last acting role was in a 2020 movie titled ‘We Still Say Grace ‘ and my most recent post was about Bindi Irwin naming her daughter Grace 🙂 –
https://brizdazz.blogspot.com/2021/04/grace.html