Wine School in Windham
sold out four years every single Tuesday
we got in last night at Ze Wine Bar
hidden behind the post office and a convenience store
surprising magical outdoor space
inside until the pandemic
and now they are tented, lounges and fire pits
Swedish version of Marrakesh
run by Cordelia, gifted impressario
knower of people Official Sommelier
I put you with a group you’ll like
Cordelia said. She sat us
with Joyce and Rita best friends from
Cortland College met fifty years ago both scientists
both married scientists too Rita lives in Salt Lake City
they were celebrating Joyce’s birthday with three
other women at our table Ecuador Finland Fort Lee
they live near Windham too
all go to wine school every Tuesday
Joyce got two extra bottles of wine
it was her birthday as the evening
progressed everyone celebrated and decided
as we got closer to wine number six, and then
the seventh wine with birthday cupcakes that we
would go to Wine School as often as possible
and sit at the same table whenever we could.
What a perfectly happy story!