It's interesting how the weather can affect how friendly people are to strangers. On a cloudy day, people generally look at the ground or the trees or anything just so they don't have to actually *gasp* make eye contact with someone they don't know well. On a sunny day, most people not only make eye contact and smile, but often say hello, as well.

And then there are those that say "how are you?" and don't expect a reply. Can I just say this drives me nuts? I know it's fairly common all over the Great States, but even so, it's just silley.

Anyway.. today, I'm wearing my headpiece. (It's like a necklace, but it goes around my forehead/hair. It's just plain comfortable to me and part of that is my Celtic heritage.)

That really changes how stangers interact. People that know me at all but haven't seen my headpiece before tend to clam up a bit. As for strangers, though, minorities tend to be more friendly while business-types or those that are more likely to share some of my heritage get sort-of afraid.

We are an interesting breed, people are.