Carol Bowman and I often trade synchronicities. Recently, she sent me this one, which is one of those where you scratch your head and invariably ask yourself, What are the odds?
“My husband, Steve, and I were browsing at a plant sale at a suburban Philadelphia arboretum. I started talking to a woman with an adorable toddler in her stroller, while her husband was looking at plants. She told me that she and her husband had recently moved to the area, and that she had been a professional ballerina. I asked her if her husband was also an artist. She replied that no, he was a scientist.
“I told her that my brother was also a scientist, but he had retired about 10 years ago. I also mentioned that he had worked at Johns Hopkins for years. Her husband, who overheard my comment, told me that he had gotten his degree in neurology at Johns Hopkins, and had also been there around 10 years ago. I said, “My brother was in the Department of Neurology there, too, and he had his own lab.”
“I turned to my husband and said, “Wouldn’t it be funny if he knew Paul!” Without missing a beat the husband blurted, “Paul Hoffman?”
“We were both stunned! He told me that he had worked in a lab next to my brother’s during his few years at Hopkins, and had greatly admired my brother, not only for his achievements, but for his kindness and humility. That brought tears to my eyes, as I told him that Paul had been diagnosed with Parkinson’s a few years ago.
“When I got home, I called my brother and told him about my “small world” encounter at the arboretum, and how this person remembered so many good things about him. I figured it would be a small boost for him to hear that. In typical Paul fashion he replied, “It’s a good thing he didn’t think I was a jerk!”
A small world, for sure.
Philadelphia?
I just finished watching the Disney+ (or STAR TV) series ‘Welcome to Wrexham’ where Rob McElhenney from the TV show ‘It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia’ and a big fan of the Philadelphia Eagles NFL team talked Ryan Renyolds into buying a Welsh football team with him.
I wrote a post about the Philadelphia Eagles losing the Superbowl to the Kansas City Chiefs in 2023, while Wrexham won promotion to the major English soccer leagues in 2023 –
https://brizdazz.blogspot.com/2023/05/welcome-to-wrexham-rabbit-hole-in-2023.html
The post featured the coincidences of Chinese astrology, as Wrexham (and Wales) are represented by dragons and Ryan Renyolds was born in the Year of the Dragon.
2024 will also be the Year of the Dragon, which will be the year Wrexham will find out if they stay up in that league, go up to the next, or drop back down to the league they won promotion from this year.
This year 2023 of course is the Year of the Rabbit, and ‘The Wizard of Oz’ came out in 1939, the Year of the Rabbit … so I guess we aren’t in Kansas anymore … but the Superbowl trophy is 🙂
The series is well worth a watch, even though it focuses on the 2022 season.
There is a season 2 coming out this year though, which I would imagine was filmed throughout the 2023 season.
You’re. treasure trove of synchros, Daz! Did you see our first You Tube> I’ll email it to you.If I reccall, you aren’t on Facebook.
No, I haven’t seen your first You Tube yet.
Just sent it to you
Love this one! ❤️
Me too!