Connect the dots
I love the concept of synchronicity:
Meaningful events which are by chance related to eachother by some notable similarity.
Jung defined synchronicity as "meaningful coincidence". I have a great book on the subject: There are no accidents: Synchronicity and the Stories of Our Lives, by Robert H. Hopcke.
While I was in Grand Marais I was able to tie together a series of events in my life that all circle back to my connection to my grandpa, the person this blog is dedicated to.
1. My grandma and grandpa live on the north shores of Lake Superior. I have spent my entire life visiting them on that lake and towns that dot it.
2. Kazoofus is a word that Grandpa coined and was used so frequently in my childhood I remember being stunned one day when I couldn't find it in the dictionary.
3. Shortly after Grandpa died I bought the Kazoofus.com domain name and started this site. A dedication to him, his amazing storytelling abilities and his influence on me in many areas of my life.
4. Over the years I have met many, many wonderful people through Kazoofus.com. Some I know online, some I have met face to face.
5. On August 3rd I met three fellow bloggers face to face. All three are people that I met through Kazoofus and for our meeting we gathered in a small town on the shores of Lake Superior.
The same lake that is connected to my memories of my Grandpa.
The person that coined the word Kazoofus.
The person that this site is dedicated too.
And if Grandpa hadn't coined the word Kazoofus...
...we may have never ever met.
Meaningful events which are by chance related to eachother by some notable similarity.
Jung defined synchronicity as "meaningful coincidence". I have a great book on the subject: There are no accidents: Synchronicity and the Stories of Our Lives, by Robert H. Hopcke.
While I was in Grand Marais I was able to tie together a series of events in my life that all circle back to my connection to my grandpa, the person this blog is dedicated to.
1. My grandma and grandpa live on the north shores of Lake Superior. I have spent my entire life visiting them on that lake and towns that dot it.
2. Kazoofus is a word that Grandpa coined and was used so frequently in my childhood I remember being stunned one day when I couldn't find it in the dictionary.
3. Shortly after Grandpa died I bought the Kazoofus.com domain name and started this site. A dedication to him, his amazing storytelling abilities and his influence on me in many areas of my life.
4. Over the years I have met many, many wonderful people through Kazoofus.com. Some I know online, some I have met face to face.
5. On August 3rd I met three fellow bloggers face to face. All three are people that I met through Kazoofus and for our meeting we gathered in a small town on the shores of Lake Superior.
The same lake that is connected to my memories of my Grandpa.
The person that coined the word Kazoofus.
The person that this site is dedicated too.
And if Grandpa hadn't coined the word Kazoofus...
...we may have never ever met.
4 Comments:
You rock hc, KathyHowe (say it like it's all one word)...
Even though we talked about this in Grand Marais, I still got goosebumps...
Stuff like that blows my mind. Like if some apple cart farmer in Scotland in the middle ages doesn't break his wagon wheel and arrive late to the market, he never meets my great-great-g-g-g-g-g-grandmother, and there are no Clear Lake Reflections.
Ain't it grand that we did? My only two regrets are I didn't get to see if they re-used the same fish over and over in the fish toss. And spend more time with you all. A quiet sleeper? That's an important virtue.
It is a very Superior Lake- a good place to make new friends.
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