lost n found

10-16-25

I visited Buslab about yet another clunk heard rarely and only under odd circumstances, namely a sharp turn, or driving over the two gutters in Vikki’s driveway–they said, yeah, drive it over and we’ll take a look. Well, it’s that stripped bolt on the upgraded swaybar–again? Thought we replaced that. Okay, whatever. Funny how a scary noise can disrupt things.

I had dropped it off and walked to the nearby bakery for a cup of coffee and oooh, pumpkin cheesecake! which they put in a little box. I was carrying my book on German silent film, a pastry in a box, and a cup, and must have shoved my wallet into my back pocket. I walked back around the corner to sit under a tree and read, and at some point noted the zipper pocket in my little purse was open and—–NO WALLET! Reminiscent of the day I stepped out of my studio with my hands full, and broke my ankle, yeah. I searched all around the tree, and walked back to the bakery, scanning the sidewalk and gutters full of brown leaves for a brown leather walled tooled with a design of brown leaves.

Long story diminished, after two trips, and while Jonathan follow me out to search again where I had been sitting, my phone rang. It was my dentist’s office calling to say someone had found my wallet with an appointment card and their phone number. My van was ready, I drove off without paying, took several wrong turns before I found the address just two blocks from my starting point. My offer of an unopened box with a slice of pumpkin cheesecake accepted, we exchanged stories–she found my wallet while looking for hers, which had jumped out of her pocket to rescue mine.

I had just got back from another thrifting trip to Santa Rosa, and stopped at the Antique fair on the way back to buy a couple items of silver jewelry, and a small porcelain cow. Back home with holiday lights, waiting for the rain. Next gig, the Sunol Regional Wilderness Heritage Festival, two sets with the Polka Cowboys. It’ll be a hoot. Saturday October 18–A free event. Bring your dusty dancing shoes.