I’m coming around the bend again, she’ll be riding six white horses when she comes, when she comes, okay so that is not what is happening this time around, but I recognize all the dissonance that I am now on a first name basis with I take a step forward and get knocked to the left, knocked to the right, and I turn to do the hokey pokey only before I can return I’ve lost…
3 doctor’s visits later: Long and short, DIAGNOSIS: alopecia areata, some patients have said intense emotional stress preceded the occurrence. PROGNOSIS: There is no known path, some recover hair in less than a year, some recover then lose again, some never recover, etc. Accompanied by thyroidism. PRESCRIPTION: My blood work yields low thyroid levels – hypothyroidism – we need to replace your thyroid, that butterfly organ (how appropriate). So pills, we’ll start at low dosage…
Da Capo By Jane Hirshfield Take the used-up heart like a pebble and throw it far out. Soon there is nothing left. Soon the last ripple exhausts itself in the weeds. Returning home, slice carrots, onions, celery. Glaze them in oil before adding the lentils, water, and herbs. Then the roasted chestnuts, a little pepper, the salt. Finish with goat cheese and parsley. Eat. You may do this, I tell you, it is permitted. Begin…
I woke this morning, hair all over, and my resolve was confirmed particularly after I got a message from my hair stylist who said he was up last night thinking about me and sending me positive thoughts. We spoke afterwards and he said that when you have good in your life and know someone else is struggling, it helps to send some of your abundance towards that person to help them on their path. March…
I have been debating whether to get a wig or just go bald. And then I stumbled upon this blog with countless images of bald women and must say, bald seems to be what might win out. After looking at 100 images of bald women my conclusion is other than Natalie Portman, black chicks are the ones who really carry this look, because it does get a little dicey on us pale faces. But I’m…