Excellent Startling recollection of brief interaction Selective Memory by Elizabeth Emerald Artwork by MoonWillow at FanArtReview.com

On Sunday, I took part in a three-mile walk to raise funds for the food pantry at which I volunteer. As the walk was about to commence, I was approached by a woman I didn't recognize. Melissa introduced herself; she said she'd bought a handmade pin from me, some years back. I used to craft "initial" pins from wooden squares, painted and embellished with letter stickers, which I sold to raise money for the food pantry. I was astounded that Melissa recognized me without my erstwhile maraschino bob. I jogged my memory. Melissa had not attended any of the sparsely attended fund-raisers I'd hosted. By default, our interaction had to have taken place in the food pantry's parking lot, which, on one afternoon several years ago, had been transformed into a black-topped ersatz yard sale. Since I'd sold only one pin during the four hours of the faux flea market, I inferred it had been Melissa who'd purchased it. To confirm my recollection, I asked Melissa whether the transaction had occurred in the pantry parking lot.  Melissa replied, apologetically, that she didn't recall the occasion; her memory was impaired consequential to having been hit by a snowplow last December.   Recognized Author Notes Helza Blaze by MoonWillow on FanArtReview.com THANK YOU!

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