Serendipity is a word that describes how new things cross your path and then turn out to be related to totally different things that you had no idea about. Yesterday I got the annual letter from the Beaver Institute about their year end achievements and it had a new beaver lodge photo that I’ve not seen before. I thought, hmm that’s interesting.
And this morning I saw an article from the Saxton Library in Pennsylvania that they were doing a reading of the new book “The Lodge that Beaver Built” So of course I rushed right out to investigate and saw that the new mystery lodge image is from that book.
Hmm I admit I was intrigued, especially when I found out that it was released in late fall and escaped my notice! Would it be full of beautiful images or misleading facts? Was it about the lodge because the author mistakenly thought that beavers live IN the dam? Was it full of images of nutria? No. it’s perfect. Except for the title which I feel really should be the POND that beaver built. But that’s just me.
Enjoy this reading from UCSLD in Oregon.
So of course I went searching for the author Randi Sonenshine and found out that she is represented by literary agent in ORINDA. Umm. That’s awfully close to home. I’m thinking she’d love to know about the beaver festival and donate a copy or two, aren’t you?
I also noticed that she refers readers to the Beaver Institute and Beavers Wetlands and Wildlife at the end but doesn’t mention us or the festival. Because honestly, why mention a children’s program in California? I assume that’s just an unintentional oversight.
