Newsletter – May 17, 2024
My mother loved to laugh and share funny stories. I clearly inherited that tendency with an added an emphasis on wordplay. My indulgence in this urge appears many times in The Most Amazing Museum of Los Angeles and your free read of “Plot Holes” is a good example. Who knows, Barry the Librarian may have additional spine-tingling adventures ahead of him. (See what I did there?)
When I was a young teen my mother came home from the grocery store with a funny story. She’d made a quick trip to buy condensed milk and found herself standing in the aisle surveying all the canned goods without finding what she wanted. A man walked up and also began scanning the shelves.
Mom apologized for standing in his way saying, “I just wanted to get a can of condensed milk, but it’s all evaporated.”
She heard the absurdity of the accidental joke as it came out of her mouth and suddenly burst out laughing. The man’s expression said he was dealing with a madwoman which only made her laugh more. He quickly found what he needed and left. She was still chuckling about it when she got home and pulled a can of condensed milk out of a bag from a different store.
My mom’s ability to laugh at her own foibles was probably part of why Dad fell in love with her. I’m writing this on the day of their 71st wedding anniversary. They had been married for 66 years when they each passed away. Happy Anniversary you two!
It’s just fifteen days until the Book Launch of MAMLA and my wife and I are gathering together various props and giveaways for the Summer Reading Kickoff at the West Lafayette Public Library. We ordered MAMLA coffee mugs that just arrived Wednesday, featuring the book cover on one side and a quotation from Doris Weatherton on the other. They’re the same price as the books: $13.99.
Oh, you don’t know who Doris Weatherton is? Well, of course you don’t. She a very important part of the amazing museum.You’ll find out soon enough.
Eric Margerum 