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Good morning from Collegeville,
Friendship
If one day you meet someone unique,
With a spirit kindred to yours,
When your hands touch in greeting, you feel you are meeting
Someone you’ve met before.
All in good time, you’ll be sharing good wine
Ideas and observations,
Exchanging notes and anecdotes,
Having great conversations.
No questions are asked, no answers are needed,
You accept this friendship with pleasure.
For a newfound friend in everyone’s life
Is truly a remarkable treasure.
For friends will celebrate each other’s joy,
Comfort each other in sorrow,
Be there forever, beginning to end,
Yesterday, today, and tomorrow.
The author of this poem is Gladys Hamilton. Next month she will celebrate her 94th birthday. She is the mother of my sister-in-law and I was blessed to have been able to spend Thankgiving Day with her yesterday. This summer she moved to Edina from Phoenix. She is a true Renaissance woman, a poet, artist, sculptor and a writer. You can learn more about Gladys at gladysandfriends.com

The APHC show this week is live from The Town Hall on West 43rd Street in New York City. Special guests include Vince Giordano and the Nighthawks, author Roy Blount Jr.and singers Heather Masse and Aoife O’Donavan. The Royal Academy of Radio Actors, Tim Russell, Sue Scott and sound effects man Fred Newman will entertain with some of your favorite skits. The News From Lake Wobegon will feature pumpkin pie.

“A man is rich in proportion to the number of things he can afford to leave alone.” Henry David Thoreau