Living Retired — ‘Splitting Hairs’
Living Retired — ‘Splitting Hairs’
By Gary Chalk.
During Covid Couple Confinement, Jan and I began playing Crib most nights before dinner. Jan poured some wine, made up hors d’oeuvres, and complained about my inability to accurately count my Crib! We still do this today. Some things never change.
Another activity we have continued is that Jan cuts my hair. However, both of us are ambivalent about this. Here is what I mean…
Pre-Covid I would call ‘Al’s Place’ to make an appointment. Al has cut my hair back when I had more hair.
These days, Jan quickly tells me when I need my hair cut. She howls in laughter, “Gary, your head looks like England’s former Prime Minister Boris Johnson but with less hair!”
At Al’s, I relax in the chair and he drapes me with a cape and places a strip of white tissue around my neck, just so. With that, Al picks up his barber scissors — the ones with a thing-a-ma-jig that rests against your finger that allows barbers to frantically click away non-stop while they cut and chat with everyone in the shop.
It is different when Jan cuts my hair. She has a … Read the rest here
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