Coincidence? Or divine validation?

I was mowing my lawn this morning when Brown dropped off two packages.
I was expecting one, but not today. I had ordered an Orvis fishing
vest. I hadn't expected it for a couple of days, so it's arrival the day
before a scheduled lesson on one of Michigan's better trout streams was
fortuitous.

But, the other package was a complete mystery. By the return address, I
knew a friend I met on another NG had sent it. Inside was a beautiful
book of pictures and essays entitled "Voelker's Pond." It describes
the special space carved out of the Michigan wilderness by a man who was
a renown trout fisher, a Michigan Supreme Court Justice and author of
several tomes on trout fishing, as well as a book entitled "Anatomy of a
Murder." It was signed by the author of the essays - A relative of my
friend!

Every once in a while, one is provided with a convergence of events
which one can either shrug off as an interesting coincidence, or see as
some sort of divine validation of one's choices. As I sit here in the
space I've carved out for myself, surrounded by the glorious emergence
of spring, and paging through this incredible gift, I can't help but
thank Bill for this incredible gift, and to marvel at the timing.

Gotta score some of the Judge's favorite flys ...

--
BG