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A Tale of Two Clints – Meeting in Marseille

24 Tuesday Nov 2015

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Marseille Shoreline

Marseille’s shoreline glitters under the Mediterranean sun. Legend has it the first messages in bottles were sent in these very waters a couple thousand years ago by a Greek fellow named Theophrastus who hung out with both Plato and Aristotle.
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New Hope, Part Two: Finding and Meeting Janet

27 Wednesday Jul 2011

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Well, I found Janet and Bruce LaClair’s message in a bottle in February 2008. They had sent it from the bridge in New Hope, Pennsylvania, in 1981.

“April 4, 1981. Launched from the Delaware River, New Hope, Pennsylvania. To Whomever is the finder and keeper of this bottle. This is the date of our wedding and the start of our life together. We are leaving Pennsylvania on April 6th, 1981 to go on our honeymoon at Key Largo, Florida until April 12 of the same year. We hope to find this bottle while there and figure out the traveling time of which the botle took (if it is a good time, the next time we come down there we will build a raft and just float down). If found, please respond with place found and date. Thank you. Mr. & Mrs. Bruce La Clair, P.O. Box 131, Pipersville, PA”

But how would I find them? The message was older than I was! Continue reading →

Cake in a Bottle, Part Two: Finding Ed and Carol Meyers

08 Friday Jul 2011

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Valentine’s Day Message in a Bottle Leads to Year Long Quest for Authors

Here’s the beautiful, romantic message in a bottle I found in 2007. This greeting of peace and love was sent by Ed and Carol Meyers on their first wedding anniversary, which was Valentine’s Day, 1999. You may recall that the brown smudges on the message are the remains of their wedding cake – they had saved a piece of it for their first anniversary, and included some in their Valentine’s Day message in a bottle!

Ed and Carol's Valentine's Day Message in a Bottle

Ed and Carol’s Message in a Bottle, sent on Valentine’s Day, 1999. I found it in 2007.

I googled the names I found on the message, Ed and Carol Meyers, and found nothing.  I searched the Fredericksburg white pages; nothing. I even emailed the resort whose stationary they used for the message, but never heard back. Continue reading →