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March 08, 2007
Oh Joe, Where art Thou?
It is a well-known tenet of Behr family philosophy that having a "real" job is a no-no. "Real" jobs interfere with one's ability to come to Alaska for six weeks in the summer and to spend two weeks preparing for and working at the flower show each March. Consequently, none of the three Behr kids have ever held a "real" job for more than a few months at a stretch. Until recently. When Robbi's brother turned to the dark side and took on a full-time teaching job.
Here he is, with his lovely friend Tracy.
Things could be worse. The teacher's schedule does allow Joe summers off to fish in Alaska. But we have been without his services this week. Know this: being without Joe is worse than missing just one person. Joe is strong and swift and powerful.
Lucky for us, Joe will be taking the redeye from San Francisco this Friday night so that he might be with us for the show's final weekend and take-down. I said it before and I'll say it again, taking down the booth, packing up the boxes, and driving everything back to Chestertown is a horrible affair. Joe's agreeing to come for this part of the show is like agreeing to come to someone's dinner party just in time to to the dishes.
Such is the generosity of spirit of my brother-in-law. Joe is good. Some would say that Joe is great.
In fact, when Joe was a young man, he wrote the phrase "Joe is great" a lot. On stickers. On the wall. Everywhere. Because, you see, it's true.
We still have a "Joe is great" sticker somewhere. If I can find it, I'll scan it and make it available to the readership.
Posted by bogenamp at March 8, 2007 01:08 AM