Timothy snapped this photo of me snapping a photo of Bertrand the Mouse in a coffee shop in Chicago.
It was almost 8:30 on a Saturday night (December 14, 2019). We had met my niece Rachel, her boyfriend Michael (now husband) at Del Seoul for bipimbap (which I love) and stopped for coffee before getting back on the road.
The hat, which I eventually lost, was an impromptu gift from Daniel. It had a large picture of a cat on the front and a battery operated LED light.
The scarf I bought my first winter walking back and forth to work.
The coat I bought on sale for $150 at Marshall Field in December 1998, my first winter as a single parent and my first winter as a freelance writer, because I didn't own a decent winter coat.
And, of course, that's original Bertrand perched on top of my coffee. Original Bertrand jumped out of that coat pocket eighteen months later for adventures that no longer included me.
We had no idea how the world would change in just one month - or that in three months, the world would lock down.
We were just living life.
Let's live life today, OK?
Happy Thursday!
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