So I'm at the big conference for a week. My umpteenth years and my fourth year kilted. Still I'm getting the usual comments - routine ones we all get.

Tonight, after dinner, I get stopped by a couple. She is in a beautiful white beaded wedding dress. He in a sharp looking jacobite shirt and slacks. They are from Loch Loman Scotland and were just married here in Tucson this afternoon. They were so thrilled to see a man in a kilt. We talked for some time. What clans, where my ancestors were from. They were so polite and expressed gratitude at seeing a kilted man - as if it were an omen for their marriage far from home.

Did I mention they were in their 70s? And, most obviously deeply in love.

A good day for sure!

Ron