Friday, August 18, 2006

Author unknown

So I thought I'd post my anonymous mail I got the other week. Being that I lived in San Francisco for quite a few years, I occasionaly get San Francisco post cards from friends who still live there. This particular post card is interesting since it features the famous Painted Ladies (one of the most photographed sites in SF) but also borders the small park that I hung out in almost every day the first week I arrived in SF. I'd be apartment hunting, driving all over the city, trying to find a job, living in a Youth Hostel I had to vacate during the day. By midday I would be tired and found this park a relaxing place to take a rest, and still be able to keep an eye on my car that was chock full of everything I owned.



So, here are the clues:

It is from someone visiting - rules out friends living there.

It is signed R.F.

It is addressed to Susanne (not Sukey or Suzanne).



My guess is that it is from my cousin Rachel Farmer (the only person I can think of with those initials). However, family usually calls me Sukey. My only other guess is that the park (I can't remember it's name, but it could have had the initials R.F) is sending me a friendly postcard (from almost 10 years ago) just to touch base later on in life. That makes me a little nervous as it raises questions of how it was able to hunt me down (I've since lived 7 different places, 4 different states since then). So I'm going to go with the more rational explanation - thanks for the postcard Rachel (or whoever...)!

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

The Farmer family vacationed in S.F. and Oregon in mid-July. You're guess is correct! I received a postcard of the Golden Gate Bridge. - M.