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Portolano had a sample sale last week

 they'll have another 

at the beginning of December

 if anyone is interested

 I took an early lunch

walked to their office/warehouse/sale site

 on a brisk sunny late morning last week 

yes

 I got two pair of cashmere gloves

 at a delightful discount

 purple

 both pair

 yes

 I go to their sale every year

 yes

 every year

 I buy more gloves pashminas and occasionally gifts

 I have 

Raynaud's Syndrome

 sometimes called Raynaud's Disease

 frankly

 'disease' 

seems

 a misnomer

 I've had it 

for 

years and years

 it gets worse

 as I get older 

used to be 

only a few fingers 

on one hand 

reacted

 to the cold

 now

 its both hands

 and

 my feet

 I am lucky

 lucky

 to have a 'disease'

 a syndrome

 that worsens?

  Yes 

 Why?

 Because

 many

 who have this 

feel tremendous pain

 when the circulation

 returns 

to their 

white weird looking fingers 

I don't 

so

 I consider

 myself 

lucky

 Gloves don't stop it 

likely 

they make no difference

 but 

I wear gloves

 beginning in the fall 

through 

the winter 

What's all that have to do with this photo?

 on the way back from Portolano

 I was waiting

 for the light 

the red hand 

(reminded me of how red my fingers turn after the blood returns)

 to turn green

 I looked up

 and 

took an iPhone photo

now

I'm

 sharing it 

with 

you