Life is a Can of Worms

In mid-October, we had an unexpected visitor.

Bert Leigh, a Smithsonian research scientist and old friend from Panama, came through Bavaria, and stopped to see us along the way.

We entertained him in the best way we knew – by taking him to the local monastery/brewery.

After viewing the interior of the Kloster chapel, we settled on monastery’s biergarten patio for an early dinner, overlooking the village of Andechs.

As many of you know, Bert’s wife Lizzie recently passed away. We were happy to spend much of the visit listening to Bert’s stories about when his children were small and how he and Lizzie brought them up in Panama. In the course of the evening, Bert introduced Gwendolyn to one of his favorite expressions: “Life is a can of worms.” And when Gwendolyn began to fuss (or as Bert called it, to “babiate”), Bert surprised us all by inventing baby songs. A very pleasant visit!