I wore a t-shirt today that is covered in skulls, roses, mushrooms, moons, stars, and skeletal hands. I love this shirt, but I don’t think about it every second that I’m wearing it.

I bought a big salad for lunch. The young woman cashier lit up when she saw me. She was white and maybe five feet tall. I’m Black and almost six feet tall, so I was surprised when she smiled and said, “We match!”

She held out her arms and I laughed. Her tattoos were nearly everything on my shirt: flowers, mushrooms, skulls, stars.

This is the kind of surprise synergy I need more of!