Trilobita

This is something special.  A single, simple body plan that gave birth to an incomprehensible variety, one which opened my eyes to the diversity of nature as nothing else could.  The trilobite - a world contained within a word.

Within this great range of configurations, articulations, and manifestations of the order, one combination must have sparked this idea:  a hat.  A trilobite hat.  Three lobes to cover the one over my two; creature, skull, and brain.  One year ago, I writ it warm upon the world - a felt trilobite for my head.

While there have been no predators for its armor to ward off, I am glad to say that it has performed admirably against a different killer - the cold of winter.