Memorial Day weekend 1979
The Wilmington (Del.) Morning News, Monday, May 29, 1979.
I was 46 years old in 1979 and working long hours. For Memorial Day weekend, I wanted to go to the beach. I went to Rehoboth Beach, Del., and checked into a very nice motel. I put on my bathing suit and took my book.
On the beach it was very windy, and the blowing sand hurt my skin. No one else was there, but I was determined that I would lie on the beach. I dug a trench in the sand and laid my beach towel in it, and when I lay back I was below the blowing sand.
As I was reading my book, I noticed a teenager walking in my direction. When he got up to me, he said, "Oh, I thought you were someone younger." That did not make my day. I continued reading and later noticed a young man in a black suit and tie and dress shoes, wearing glasses and walking in my direction. I wondered, "Now what does he want?" He came over and told me he worked for the local newspaper and asked if he could take my picture since I was the only person on the beach. He said it would be in the morning paper. The next day I checked and did not see it.
Later at home, I got a greeting card in the mail from the motel where I had stayed. The card had a picture of an owl on the front saying, "Look who's in the news." Enclosed was a newspaper clipping showing my picture. That is the only time my picture has been in the newspaper. Years later I lent the book to someone, and when she returned it she said she noticed there was sand between the pages.
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