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I diverted from the path...

Signed up for an online Meetup, a book club described as a Silent Book Club. WTF? The draw was the purported casual atmosphere of small plate tapas and draft microbrew beer while sometimes discussing the books in brought and then reading silently said books. An odd concept and thus I was curious. Plus the concept was an idea I had for a story I’ve been thinking about for a long time. I just haven’t discovered the reason to write such a thing as the main ideas are strange and I couldn’t think of a reason anyone would care about. But here I was, driving to the venue when I took a different turn. I didn’t feel particularly social and all I wanted was to be by myself, think, and drift off into a two-beer buzz.

The establishment had outside seating and the with it being just 4:00 PM on a lazy Saturday, the dinner crowd was still two hours away.  Faint classical music was overhead.