Barrington, IL; Barrington, RI -- What a Coincidental Mix-up!
Tuesday, October 19, 2010 at 3:09PM What a strange Barrington coincidence today!
An elementary school in Barrington, RI, was interested in talking to me about doing some of my "Nudging the Imagination" writing workshops. I called the woman who was interested, but she wasn't available, so I left a message.
About 10 minutes later I received a phone call. The woman on the other end of the line said she was from Barrington and was calling on behalf of someone else. She said they were interested in writing and wanted to know if I could do Professional Development, which I certainly can do and have done around the country.
I thought that this was someone from the Barrington, RI, school even though I didn't recognize the name. It wasn't the woman for whom I had left a message only 10 minutes earlier.
But, assuming I was speaking to someone in my home state of RI, I made a few Rhode Island references, such as having conducted workshops in the neighboring town of Bristol, RI, and having worked as a sports writer at the Providence (RI) Journal for 33 years.
She didn't say much about all of that. And later I found out why.
When she gave me her mailing address, it was Barrington, IL, not Barrington, RI!
I explained about the coincidence and the mix-up. She seemed amused, my explanation answering her unspoken questions of why I was talking about Bristol and the Providence Journal!
Hopefully, I'll be called upon to do writing workshops in Barrington, RI, and Professional Development sessions in Barrington, IL!
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