Last night met an old co-worker for a drink or two. Good times, although he had to leave so I lingered over my last drink and the barmaid came over to chat. (We’ve frequented this place for some years, though haven’t dropped by in some months, but it was the same barmaid we usually see there). As I’m leaving she says – “Hold on Huerta, here, take this, Happy New Year,” and pulls out from her bag . . . a little hand-canned jar of orange marmalade that she apparently brought in to give her better patrons. Go figure. But it was sweet of her.
Any similarly pleasant surprise kindnesses visited on you early in this year?