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Could be any day that I hop on the bike for a breakfasty ride up the path toward Starr Market. Crossing Montgomery I here a soft guitar and the soulful chirp of late boyhood. I briefly forget the grocery mission and turn to hear more. I pull up to a small gathering with familiar faces, a friendly enough bunch welcoming Charlie "Chaz" Benton's Gallery, Brett Dennen is making sweet crushed velvet folk music. Charlie says "hello" and welcomes me inside for sparkling bevarage and baked goods. I like Chaz' paintings, beautifully folky with vibrant colors and vintage frames. And I like his gallery: A little bit of pottery and a few other artists, not much more than a shoe box in the Firehouse next door to the Art Center.

Where's your website Charlie?

And after a rich, buttery cookie, I duck back outside and continue on my way, rolling down the back pathway and over the Art Center bridge. I sidle through Libbey Park thinking about how lucky I am to be a human in this fine spot on the planet.

That's a rainy Monday Ojai memory.