Two things to ponder today

Everyone stops to speak to me, because I get to know everyone around me, even those who come into our Circle@Crown Café from the neighborhoods around here.  A man who was teaching a lawyer how to play chess had moved away years ago (to Portland, Oregon, he told me).  Anyway, I was sitting at the table nearest the door, waiting for another resident who would be coming to join me in a few minutes.  The guy I had spoken to only a few times is in town visiting and came over to tell me that bagpipes used to be considered weapons of war.

Well, that certainly felt like it came out of nowhere.  Does he think I'm Scottish because my name is Bonnie?  Well, I am actually part Scottish.  I'm descended from the Campbells of Argyll, whose kilt is this blue-and-green color pattern with a little yellow and white and black thrown in.  I've never worn a kilt or talked to that man about them.

Anyway, he went back to a couple of people at his table playing (or maybe learning from him how to play) chess, and my friend joined me.  When I got home a couple of hours later, I did look up that "fact" he shared with me and learned that "until 1996, the British government considered bagpipes to be a bona fide weapon of war."  Check out the info HERE.  But still, what a weird "fact" for him to share.

Make Waves at Your Library

Today, I'm wearing a blue tee shirt that has this slogan across the top, with waves breaking across the top like a blue ocean with white waves.  Since I live in the middle of a big country (in St. Louis), this is the only "ocean" I'll see today.