Monday, August 15, 2005
Veggies from Americans-to-Be. We've known this Austrian pair since our days in California. Hubby and he worked together at a soon-to-be-doomed computer company but before the pink slips arrived, they did manage enough time together to discover that their families not only came from the same town in Austria but that their families also had plots in the town cemetery RIGHT NEXT TO EACH OTHER. Small world what.. I remember our Austrian friends had a civil wedding in California to which we were invited and I remember being extremely annoyed that no one had bothered to erase the chalk board showing sketches of a recent automobile accident that was backdrop to the Justice of the Peace's recitations. The fluorescent lights didn't do much for the ambiance either... However, the two have been happily married ever since which is more than can be said of some of the more lavish Hollywood-esque, $70K weddings I know of.
Our paths diverged for many years; the Austrians lived in Colorado a spell while we followed the next software industry rainbow to what we hoped would be a pot of gold big enough to land us our own island somewhere (in reality, that particular adventure would give us just enough money to replace our deteriorating rain gutters). Our Austrian friends ended up in Massachusetts as well, and recently, in celebration of our new home, they arrived laden with a large wicker basket full of organic produce grown on the farm she works part-time now. I had to laugh when she felt compelled to tell me that the vegetables were organic. "Well of course they are organic. I can't quite picture you working on a farm whose hallmark is pesticides." They have both decided to become American citizens after receiving assurances that they may also keep their Austrian citizenship (in these uncertain times there can't be enough said for dual citizenship -- you just never know). It's all good except for the part about pledging to 'one nation under God' but I guess they'll get over it.
A Random Albeit Delightful Truisim from my Friend Bandit: 'Dull people are boring...' Lovely lunch btw.
Our paths diverged for many years; the Austrians lived in Colorado a spell while we followed the next software industry rainbow to what we hoped would be a pot of gold big enough to land us our own island somewhere (in reality, that particular adventure would give us just enough money to replace our deteriorating rain gutters). Our Austrian friends ended up in Massachusetts as well, and recently, in celebration of our new home, they arrived laden with a large wicker basket full of organic produce grown on the farm she works part-time now. I had to laugh when she felt compelled to tell me that the vegetables were organic. "Well of course they are organic. I can't quite picture you working on a farm whose hallmark is pesticides." They have both decided to become American citizens after receiving assurances that they may also keep their Austrian citizenship (in these uncertain times there can't be enough said for dual citizenship -- you just never know). It's all good except for the part about pledging to 'one nation under God' but I guess they'll get over it.
A Random Albeit Delightful Truisim from my Friend Bandit: 'Dull people are boring...' Lovely lunch btw.
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