Out of the blue....

Judd received a package today, out of the blue.  No one had been saying the "AT" word out loud. No one sent blog addresses to their friends. Susan had mentioned a few weeks ago that her children appeared prominently in the May/June 2013 issue of AMC OUTDOORS-"the magazine of the Appalachian Mountain Club."  I hadn't known I was a subscriber, but when the magazine arrived in my mailbox, there was a picture of her two children at Lake of the Clouds (part of the AT in New Hampshire) where they had hiked last summer before visiting me in Vermont.  It was all too many coincidences coming together.  It was like Judd was meant to hike the AT.  I wonder when he'll realize this.

The orange book mark which came with the book from Susanfriend held a poem:

Show Fish
I found a flounder and I thought, "Swell,"
I'll take it to school for show and tell.
But I forgot, for quite a spell,
To take it to school for show and tell,
And now it's two weeks later....well....
I'll take it to school for show and SMELL.
--- Shel Silverstein