With temperatures near 80 on this fine Juneuary day, S- .Unit and I decided to head to Santa Monica for a hike in Temescal Canyon.
“Can you believe what a great day it is,” S-Unit said in awe of the extreme beauty that surrounded us. “It’s days like today that make you want to just thank God for the beauty that you see.” “Oh, I know what you mean'” I replied. “I thank God for the beauty that I see every day, sometimes twice, when I look in the mirror.”
We had completed our hike and were considering another when an older gentleman with a portable disc player started walking towards us and laughing. He then pulled his earphones off and said, “Sorry, I wasn’t laughing at you. I’m listening to a book on tape and it was really funny. I do that all of the time – laugh to myself. I think I’m pretty clever, pretty funny. I’m my own best entertainment.”
After this friendly exchange we went shopping. S-Unit was in the market for a rug and I was just in the market. One of the sales associates approached me and asked if I needed help. I didn’t; however, she was friendly, so we chatted for some time while S-Unit paid for her rug. “In my family,” she started telling me and then S-Unit walked up, “I’m the third person without circumcision.” I could tell S-Unit was intrigued. Who wouldn’t be? That is classic mid-conversation participation. We spoke for a few minutes more, thanked her for her time, and left.
“Wow,” S-Unit commented, “We sure have some interesting conversations with people.” “Yes, we do,” I agreed. “We’re our own best entertainment.”