hatband

In 1765 the self-confessed burglar John Weskett "put a white Ribbond into his Hat, for wearing of which he gave this Reason: 'I believe 1 am come to an untimely End, in order that my Soul might be saved; and I look upon this as my Wedding-Day.'" (87) Commentators remarked disapprovingly on the fact that the highwayman Jack Rann "wore a Hatband and white Ribbands, the latter said to be intended as a declaration of his Innocence" to his 1774 execution, although Rann was reported to "have said in prison, that he would not wish to be thought to die in an impudent manner; nor would he have gone in his hat adorned with a crape hatband and white cockades, if he had not been told it was decent." (88)

With four nephews to contend with, my poor mother ended up sleeping on the living room lounge for five years while making ends meet as a manager in her brother-in-law Philip's Lower East Side hatband factory.

I could feel the sun-scorched ground heating the soles of my feet, a trickle of sweat slowly creeping down my spine--my hatband was wet and we had left the vehicle almost six hours ago.

Look closely at the hatband and see if you can decipher the meaning of the three stylized letters so appropriate to the artist's predicament.

She remembers her very first hat; in fact, as she picks up a child's brown felt hat with ribbon ties and a matching hatband with streamers, "I know it was a little brown hat - I think this probably is it," she says.

New Zealand's huia bird, prized for her scimitar beak and pleated Victorian petticoat tail, was hunted extinct except for this diving-belled brooch and sad hatband, fast falling to dust in the Smithsonian.

Then squeeze a quarter size dollop of white decorator's icing onto the bottom of the gumdrop and gently press it down onto the center of the cookie so the icing spreads around the base and resembles a white hatband.

At the battle of Mardyck (June 14th, 1658) one bullet was stopped by his hatband and removed by his commanding officer, the Duke of York.

"It's about trying to punctuate the beautiful subtleties in what's around us, things that we discard." Using latex and gold leaf, Czosnyka gives her trashcan finds new life, and tucked in with vintage lace or a satin hatband, the results make for gorgeous millinery keepsakes.

What wouldn't I have given for a Press sticker to tuck into my hatband? "I could let you write with my Biro next time," I offered, hopefully.

Ceremoniously, a tail feather was plucked from that bird and placed in Joe's hatband. I bet he still has it there.

It is not necessary to gather the cast of characters to become a new fan of CJ Floyd; you can jump right in with this book and go back and read others like The Devil's Hatband, The Fourth Perspective (reviewed by Clark's Eye on Books a few months ago), or several others which star CJ Floyd.