A Little Thing

While browsing cooking supplies and utensils at CHEF’STORE, I stumbled upon a little thing that clearly didn’t belong. Inside an aluminum pot on display sat a tiny yellow plastic ducky, placed there with soft intention.

I love this kind of random, incongruous surprise. I always wonder about the story behind it. In this case, I imagine a small child standing somewhere near the beginning of the tale. Beyond that, the details dissolve.

Sadly, I didn’t have a Cold Smoke beer with me to pose alongside the ducky as a proper size reference. Still, I managed a quick photograph before leaving the ducky exactly where it was.

Thanks for making my day, plastic ducky.

A Little Thing

—Mitchell Hegman