Ruth

I love this coat. It's a down-filled Hilary Radley I bought new maybe 5 years ago (on sale, natch). I'm bringing it to a local shopping centre with me thi, where I'm doing a shopping column. I'm hoping to find Ruth, a homeless person I've been seeing and chatting with for a year or so. I saw her a few weeks ago at the mall and she was wearing a yoga suit - no coat, scarf or mitts. I want to give Ruth the jacket, aling with some mitts and a cute dollar store toque with faux rhinestones on it. Maybe I'll find some dollar store socks for her along the way.

I keep bumping into Ruth. Sometimes she leaves town when she finds a job, but she always ends up back here. She's my age. She appears to have had a bad run. She's alone, too. If I see her I'm asking her out for a coffee.

I hope I find Ruth today.