Tom (ish)

I was scooting up Hawthorne, camera in hand. Two elder gentlemen were walking the opposite direction, and this man gave me the biggest, sweetest smile, so I had to ask if I could take his photo. He was delighted. I asked his name and he told me; I asked him to repeat it, as it was unusual and I had a hard time hearing it over the traffic. He sounded it out for me. I know it started with a syllable that sounds like Tom but darned if I can remember the rest of it. (I need to carry a pen and paper with my camera.) So, unfortunately, I'll just have to call him Tom.

He had a wonderful hat on but wanted to take it off for his photo.