While there isn't too much to say about today (I worked from home and went to Adoration), something interesting did happen to me. At our morning break Travalon and I went out on the dock and he took photos, and he took more when we went out at lunchtime. These are mostly ring-necked ducks.
I left him on the dock, taking photos, and set off on a vigorous walk around the neighborhood. Suddenly a car pulled over, and the youngish guy driving asked if I went to the
Lutheran Cathedral of the Midwest. I was puzzled because I did sing there years ago, as my regular readers know, but this guy looked too young to have known me back then. He asked if I went to the early music concerts there, and I realized he is the
baritone who always sings there, one of the directors of the whole thing, so we chatted awhile. I had only ever seen him all dressed up in a suit, so I hadn't immediately recognized him in a baseball cap and hoodie. He asked my name and recognized me as one of their donors. (Probably not the biggest one.) He asked if I would be at
Bach Around the Clock, and I said my band has a gig out of town that day, but I'd try to catch their group, who are performing last - I should be back in town by then. As all the musicians I know do, he has a side hustle, and it's delivering food. Apparently there is a regular in our neighborhood so he has seen me walking around before, and I said, "Probably with a different hat every time," and he said, "You have to be fashionable."
I do love my new hat. I just kept looking over at it during Adoration, sitting on the pew next to me. I love my
argyle beret, but that's a thing that anyone can order online so there are many in the world. My
plaid tam is one of a kind, hand-knitted by someone who knows how long ago. It doesn't have any tags inside of it. If the
St. Andrews Society has another
ceilidh, or I ever take up golf, it's the perfect hat for that.
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