From Fauerbach to Oysterville!

Tucker and Manfred

This morning I woke up to a lovely greeting from Manfred Marx who lives in Fauerbach, Germany.  He was writing in response to my blog of yesterday regarding his cousin Tucker’s story about Camp Tagum.  This is what Manfred said:  A Great Story from Oysterville:  Years ago Tucker, Carol, my wife Anni and I were at this place and Tucker told us this story from his youth… But he knew even more what they did with a skunk.

“Even more.”  Hmmm.  My curiosity was certainly piqued and I called Tucker to ask.  Right now, his internet is down so he hadn’t seen Manfred’s post and when I read it to him, he laughed and told me a couple of other Camp Tagum skunk stories — stories I’ll leave for him to share another time.

Manfred’s Daughter, Ute, at Our Grand Affair – September 2019

Meanwhile, I was so pleased to hear from Manfred.  He is Tucker’s cousin — second cousin once removed, I believe.  Tucker and I are seventh cousins once removed but on the other side of Tucker’s family, so Manfred and I are probably not even “shirttail relatives.”  (However, if we were all part of the Ilwaco Williams family, I think even those distant connections might count to get us to an annual Family Reunion if we had such a thing!)

I’ve met Manfred several times.  He comes to Oysterville every few years and Tucker and Carol go to Fauerbach every few years.  Manfred last came this way in September 2019 with his daughter, Ute.  They were here for Our Grand Affair celebrating the 150th birthday of our  house and it was Ute who opened the ceremonies with her German hunting horn.  It was very special and we felt honored that she participated.

Tucker has told us many wonderful stories about his visits to Fauerbach and we’ve met severral of his relatives (in addition to Manfred and Ute) who have visited here in Oysterville — including a Fauerbach cousin from the other side of Tucker’s family, Mariana, who actually stayed here at our house for a few days!  I would dearly love to visit them all in Fauerbach, though that seems unlikely to happen.  But how lucky we are to have access to the internet!  It makes “travelling” possible on a daily basis.  Almost!

 

2 Responses to “From Fauerbach to Oysterville!”

  1. Marianne vogel fauerbach says:

    I am Marianne Vogel Tucker´s cousin.I had the pleaasure to stay few days in your wonderful house. I enjoy your blog with all the little problems around your house and garten and often it makes me smiling and I learned : Most oft your problems are also we have hear off the other side of th world.
    We are proud to have relative like dear Tucker and sweet Carol, he is such a good storyteller.

  2. sydney says:

    Dear Marianne,
    How lovely to hear from you! We think of you often and of your visit here and every time we harvest rhubarb, Nyel wishes you were here to share it with us for breakfast!
    We are keeping “a low profile” these days — staying close to home and catching up on various home projects. It eoesn’t feel very safe to stray far from home. There are too many people not wearing masks and taking chances that we “old folks” don’t feel safe around.
    We hope you are staying well and that this trying time is not too difficult for you. Thank you so much for writing. It was a great treat to hear from you!
    Sydney and Nyel

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