Zach Donohoe

Zach Donohoe and the back of Madison Hubbell

In one of those weird ironies in life, Thursday I met the mom of Olympic ice dancer Zach Donohoe. They (with his partner Madison Hubbell) placed forth in the Olympics in a very deep field. Today, Stars on Ice was in Providence. There was no way Laurie was going to miss that. Of course, I was going for the ride.

One of the pairs teams was (say it with me) Hubbell and Donohoe. As in Zach Donohoe. What are the odds that I am out birding on a rainy day in Newport and run across the mother of Olympian who is also birding two days before I see her son perform at Stars on Ice? They don't even live in Rhode Island.