I was there to find a fish or two for photographing, preferably with eyes that were not sunken or otherwise separated from their sockets. Stopping to check out the veggies, I was startled by the plump woman next to me who burst into song. Whatever was playing over the store’s sound system touched a nerve in her, and she was lost in a world of her own.

Unfortunately, this struck me as being terribly funny, and I moved away toward the peaches. She came up behind me, and launched into another verse, as heartfelt and unselfconscious as the first. The produce section was packed, but no one else seemed to be even smiling.

By this time, I was in grave danger of embarrassing this happy soul or myself. Hurrying to the fish section, I played with the live spotted prawns ($16.99/lb), bought three Dungeness crabs and two striped bass.

Life can be a musical sometimes.