Someone Zabasearched Me and came up with where I live, phone #, etc. It got me thinking about someone from my past, and→[More:]so I typed in Esther Pauline Daniels (made up name). She always went by Pauline. . .a former flame, or wannabe (from my end) flame who, unfortunately for me, happened to prefer women to men as sexual partners (a pattern developed out of this, and my daughter now loves to hear those stories).

Anyway, it was not pretty, or particularly happy but she ended up here in Eugene, several years before I got here. As fate would have it, my house is only two blocks from where she lived. By the time I got here, she was gone back to the Bay Area (where we'd met) and a few people I talked to had casually known her, but not well enough to keep in touch.

I had googled her a few times (please don't tell me that I am the only one who googles people from their past. Thank you) but could never find a trace of her on the net.

So I Zabasearch her full name, and there is one match that also has the correct birth year, in the hills of Oakland. I call her from a phone here other than mine, using a phone card, and a voice said, "This is Pauline, leave a message and I'll call ya back!" It's been literally over half a lifetime ago by now, but it could have been her voice.

So, someone in the Bay Area, with her full name, going day-to-day by the middle name, same age, etc. etc. There are a lot of people there, though.

I wrote a note and put it in snail mail. It's funny. . .I keep expecting her to have already gotten it, like email. She'll get it tomorrow. I have no idea if it is, in reality, her, and how she will react if it IS her. I am just curious about how her life has turned out.

I'll let y'all know how it turns out, if I hear back.