i am on the hunt for a vintage piece of furniture to store records in so my mom and i hit the best of the least fancy vintage shops in her town today. after i left the last place i found her in conversation with the proprietor of the very proper linens shop next door. i walked in and reported that i had struck out, although there had been a very nice watercolor of a ruddy duck. the shop owner gasped. a ruddy duck? they had a ruddy duck painting next door?? i said yes it’s lovely and that she should go buy it. i hope she did. i hope i can play a similar role in other people’s lives, reporting on the existence of portraits of waterfowl to them just when they might be in need on one