The Postscript: Verne knows
Last updated 5/25/2022 at 11:22am
Verne knows me too well.
For the first time in our lives, my husband, Peter, and I live in a building with a front desk. It’s nice to have someone there when packages are delivered, or contractors show up, and this person is usually Verne.
Verne is a natural for the job. He knows everything going on in town. He knows when music is playing in the park and where the food trucks are parked and what time deliveries are made. But what interests Verne most is what goes on inside the building. Verne knows what we are all up to, and he is never short on advice.
“I wouldn’t go there,” Ver...
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