Thursday, February 16, 2017

Leonard or Lucinda?

Well they do both start with 'L'. I received a thank you note today for a donation I made to a charity in memory of a friend who died a couple of months ago. It was a very nice note from the son of the man who died. I have never met the son but do appreciate that he took the time to write the note. Based on the age of his father I'm guessing the son is probably in his 50's. I only mention that because (reflecting back on another blog I wrote recently about cursive writing) the note was hand printed very nicely on an appropriated thank you card, printed, not written in cursive. Another interesting thing about this note was the salutation. It began Dear Leonard. Leonard? Who's Leonard? I double checked the envelope and sure enough it was addressed to Leonard Foltz at my address. I've been thinking about this and am wondering if this is a case of someone not being able to read cursive. I don't have my full name printed on my checks, just initials and last name, so the only place he might have seen my first name written out was on the signature line on my check. But my signature is actually quite clear, I'm not a doctor or anything. And much as I look at it I can't see how he got Leonard out of Lucinda.  Maybe, on the other hand, there is a man out there named Leonard who I should be getting to know?

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