Start looking for rainbows

Start looking for rainbows.

I picked up a prescription the other day. After a hearty greeting, my pharmacist gestured toward his head and asked if I'd seen all the women in Decatur " with that kind of hair." At that point, his assistant came round the back counter and a great conversation began. Each of them have seen lots of rainbow heads -- some at their counter and many more out in the community. They were flabbergasted by the trend they were seeing. She had even seen a guy with blue "highlights" in his short hair.

I haven't seen these women but I told the crew it was my fault. I've had a lot of women walk up and ask me, "Can I get that done in Decatur?" I always mention the pink streaks of October and assure them someone can, certainly, manage the look.

As I think back, I remember a day when a guy brought his girlfriend over to one of the feeding stations to ask for help feeding her feral cats. She explained that she had been diagnosed with breast cancer and was concerned that she wouldn't have the energy to go to feed her cats. It turned out hers are neighborhood cats which she could easily lead to a closer location. (Cats live where they live but they will travel to eat.) As she kept talking, she admitted that one of her concerns was losing her hair. I told her about Leigh Ann's stock of wigs and commiserated with her about the look of most wigs before I suggested she might try a "breakout" look. She went away laughing at what she might try -- "If not now, when?" She may have been the first convert.

I don't suppose these are are all patients opting for rainbows but it occurs to me that people used to shave their heads to show support who may have decided streaks are easier -- and warmer. I guess I'll have to start looking around. There may be groups of supporters wandering around with all sorts of "hair."

Paige really knows how to set a trend! Bless her heart.

Snow on Tornado damage

Watching the trees shed clumps of snow in the sunshine, I understand how we romanticize the beauty of a new snow.

Henryville and Maryville, Indiana, look no better for the snow that fell overnight.
There is no veil for the devastation of war or weather.