I was mid ‘this is a neutral event’ mantraing to self to not spiral about Family on my walk back from the beach when an older man I walked by looked at me and said. Unprompted. Well I guess prompted by the fact that I looked at him and gave fully-schooled-customer-service smile. “ah that’s better, You looked so forlorn”
And man. Yeah I am forlorn. The beach is too cold to swim today. Good eyes Old Man. You perceptive scoundrel.














