Ego Hat

Ego Hat

This hat was one my favourites. Snug enough to withstand ocean gales that assaulted our shores and warm enough to keep my head toasty when it snowed. It's design was a much loved combination of slouch, captain's hat and beret.

I wore it for many winters and somehow I stood taller, felt more confident and believed, in this hat, I was different and proud of it. This particular day I put on a large wool cape, a coordinating scarf and purse, a tiger-eye bracelet and the finishing touch, my hat. Coordinated and ready to face the world, I stopped at a local coffee shop to stock up on coffee beans and buy a new coffee grinder. The old one was on its last legs.

It was with great pleasure that I took this hat out of my winter box this year and wore it again for the first time to go to a workshop a couple of Saturdays ago. I put on a cream-coloured quilted jacket that looked just the right amount of different, but wouldn't outshine the hat.

By the time we got to the workshop… READ MORE

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