Recently, I befriended Richard Nordquist on fb.
"Isn't he the fellow you worked with when you were a pioneer of distance-learning at Armstrong some few years ago?"
The very same. I doubt he really remembers who I am, but he kept coming up as "someone you might know", so I went ahead and officially added him to my list of fb friends. And he, in turn, accepted my request and has added me to his list of fb friends.
"Okay... "
Photo by Enea Lebrun / Reuters / The Times]
"Oh, that's so adorable... and sad... poor little orphan."
Yes. Anyway, as I was saying, I've only recently friended him, so I stopped to read some of the comments. One was a person saying they'd never seen a sloth in person, and he'd responded about seeing one in a zoo... so I added my personal take. "Richard Nordquist, I would see them fairly frequently when I was stationed in Panama. They're extremely slow on the ground, and, about twice a year, they would cross from one side of the mangrove swamp to the other. If one was in the road, I would have to wait several minutes for it to get by before I could pass. Interesting times!"
"Interesting indeed! That was while you were at Galeta Island, right? During your eight years of being in the Navy?"
You go it! Panama was my very first duty station. I didn't mention it to Dick, but those animals are as large as a man when grown. Certainly not anything you want to run into with your car... or get out of your car to deal with in person. Nope! So, we all knew to let them finish their slow crawl across the road, whether it made us late to our shift or not. Better safe than wrecked in the swamp!
"What did Dick have to say about that memory you posted?"
Well, I don't know that he'll say anything, but he did "like" it. That's good enough for me! (smile!)
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