One of the drawbacks of living in a tourist community is the seasonal traffic. This afternoon I was waiting at an intersection for a light to turn when a young man jumped out of a rental truck, ran behind it, peered into the the sloshy snow and picked up what looked like a large hand held device of sorts. He was obviously happy he found it. Just as he was about to get back in, he turned towards me and our eyes met. He smiled a sly Johny Dep sorta grin and gave me the universal “shhh… this is is our little secret” finger-to-lips signal.

Not one to look away, I responded with the universal “my lips are zipped” signal just as the light turned green.

Such a small thing to give me such a grin. I’m thinking we should start a movement… like the masons or the some other secret society that we haven’t been invited to? Our secret sign can be the grin, the shhh, the wink, the zip…

Always nice to cross paths with a kindred spirit no matter how brief.