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My Dad's Hat
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My Dad's Hat |
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Marchmadness Member Rara Avis
since 2007-09-16
Posts 9271So. El Monte, California |
I guess at one time the hat was a very important part of a man's wardrobe. My Dad always wore a hat. Whether he was wearing dress clothes or work clothes he never left the house without his hat. And, yet, I never remember seeing him shop for a hat, buy a hat or receive a hat as a gift. It was always just...there, a part of him. Even his memory wears a hat. Ida Werrett |
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easy1 Senior Member
since 2010-05-22
Posts 1209Southeastern USA |
How true this. Those fedoras had a long run - and were made to last. Maybe they will come back in style someday. Nowadays it seems more like baseball caps, or Trump rugs... |
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Alison 
since 2008-01-27
Posts 9318Lumpy oatmeal makes me crazy! |
Ida, maybe they grew like magic. Like Barthlemew and his Ten Thousand hats (or how ever many he had). I enjoyed, my friend. A |
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Cpat Hair
since 2001-06-05
Posts 11793 |
for me it was my grand dad... he always wore a dress hat if he went to town and a farmers cap or straw hat to work the fields.... thanks for taking me back a ways.... enjoyed |
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Lamar Cole Member
since 2009-05-01
Posts 274 |
Very Nice. |
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katahdin Senior Member
since 2010-07-01
Posts 1196ME. In the Shadow of the Mt. |
"Even his memory wears a hat" loved that last line! Kat >^..^< |
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Superwoman New Member
since 2010-07-08
Posts 9 |
Very well done. |
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2islander2 Member Ascendant
since 2008-03-12
Posts 6825by the sea |
a kind portrait of your dad Ida, original and sweet. have a nice day yann |
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BluesSerenade Member Patricius
since 2001-10-23
Posts 10549By the Seaside |
Lovin' this so much, every memory wears a hat!!! yea that!!! Wonderful, you~ |
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latearrival Member Ascendant
since 2003-03-21
Posts 5499Florida |
Yes Ida, They wore hats.I remember snappy felt or wool caps and then the straw toppers most of all. And they all took them off when they entered a building or met a lady passing by or stopping to chat. I have some lovely old photos but I am not good at posting them. Latearrival |
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The Lady Member Rara Avis
since 2005-12-26
Posts 7634The Southwest |
for me it was a lover and I see him still "Even his memory wears a hat." this has touched me |
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Earl Brinkman Senior Member
since 2010-03-03
Posts 1183Osaka, Japan |
I like how you took an inanimate object and whowed the life that dwells within it. |
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passing shadows Member Empyrean
since 1999-08-26
Posts 45577displaced |
Oh Ida... this reminds me of my hubby nice work |
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Andrew Scott Member Elite
since 1999-06-24
Posts 2558Redlands,CA,USA |
That last line is perfect. For me, it's my grandfather. He had his walkin' hat, walkin' shoes, and walkin' stick. That man walked everywhere. I never knew him to own a car. At 93 he even walked himself to the hospital for his final rest. And he always wore a hat when he left the house. Thanks for the memories. Peace. |
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Marchmadness Member Rara Avis
since 2007-09-16
Posts 9271So. El Monte, California |
Thank you all for sharing the memory of "My Dad's Hat." Ida |
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