It's morning...about 6am and I'm getting dressed...long pants or shorts??...am I working outside in the yard or painting?...do I have to go to Walmart or Home Depot?....decisions, decisions. 

What am I today???  A father, a husband , a dad, a business man whose first adventure in the buissness world got him arrested on his 20th birthday..( another story for another day....lol) , a writer, a videographer an inn keeper, a short order cook , a bus driver and oh yea one my favorite of my over 30 different jobs over the years that of a Mr Potato Head inspector.....not assembler.... but just a 3rd shift soon to be at Dunkin Doughnuts inspector ......who during the middle of the night break decided with my friends to quit after less than an day on that job and head to the beach at 3am ...that kind of an inspector...whew!,..... or a retired guy who is gonna get on a ladder that barely reaches the gutters that I need to clean with out risking what is left of my live...( shhhh dont tell Jo about this part).....as I said I wear and have worn many hats...but I digress...back to the fashion of the day.  

I look at myself in the mirror...blahhhhh..."it ain't that pretty at all"   Not shaving today...but looking at my hair a day after having it cut and it is sticking up like the back of a frightened chicken. Time to put on something to cover this mess. But which one? After all like i said  I am a man who wears many hats.

I guess it started when I was about 8 years old.  I was watching The Davey Crocket Show on my 11" black and white Emerson tv on Westcott Ave....yea a coonskin cap. It would take another 50 years and a gift from from a dear friend to finally add one to my collection. 

I have a hat for painting, one for sweating while I chop wood or cut the grass or some other manly gross activity. Maybe the new one that is a bit different than the rest and was suggested by someone that I love to cover more of my face in what has become a constant battle with the big " C" that keeps popping up on my face every time that I see my dermatologist. And there are many more...like the ones that are special in that they are only worn when I'm clean and going to or in the season of a particular team ( Giants or Notre Dame). Of course there are many more random ones that have been collected over the years....as gifts/presents or something free. Although I dont just wear any hat....they all have a time and a purpose and as John Lennon said " In my life I have loved them all"