Hug it Out

image: http://www.reamesdreams.com/pattern.htm

Hurrying down the street to my 2nd of three dates the other day, I wished I had been walking more slowly, the better to pick up what I was hearing and seeing. A middle-aged woman sitting behind a small table, which held what could have been an obscure string instrument or a large jewelry-making machine (use your imagination -- I had no clue), saying into her cell phone, "...nothing too intense. Friends with benefits -- hugging benefits."