It was really a trip back into my history.
I was working on a story about the Town Tours and Village Walks program for Chester County Living (See Sunday, 6/15). I met Lynne Hockenbury, co-chairman of Malvern’s historical commission, at Malvern Borough Hall.
Borough Hall used to be malvern Public School -- the elementary school where my friend’s mother, Mary Koeneman, was a teacher.
Then, across the street was what is now a private school. In my past it was the Monday Afternoon Club home.
When I was in fifth grade I took dancing classes there. I learned to fox trot and cha-cha, but I never learned to waltz. You see, my dancing partner -- and the love of my life at that time, Peter -- was sick and I refused to dance with anyone else.
Fortunately, that never came back to haunt me. I have yet to be asked to dance a waltz.