Hair

Gimme a head with hair, long beautiful hair
Shining, gleaming, steaming, flaxen, waxen
Give me down to there, hair!
Shoulder length, longer (hair!)
Here baby, there mama, Everywhere daddy daddy

Hair! (hair, hair, hair, hair, hair, hair)
Flow it, Show it;
Long as God can grow it, My Hair!

I want it long, straight, curly, fuzzy
Snaggy, shaggy, ratty, matty
Oily, greasy, fleecy, shining
Gleaming, steaming, flaxen, waxen
Knotted, polka-dotted; Twisted, beaded, braided
Powdered, flowered, and confettied
Bangled, tangled, spangled and spaghettied!

O-oh, Say can you see; my eyes if you can,
Then my hair's too short!

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HAIR opened on Broadway in 1968. In the fall of 1969 (I was 15) I was lucky enough to get to see it live on stage in Chicago. Now I was not old enough to get in on my own, but went with some friends who were already 18. I have to say, for a little girl from a small town in the south, it was quite an experience to go to a stage show and see actors running around naked!

HAIR was great and such a product of it's time. It told the story of a group of politically active, long haired hippies, true members of the Age of Aquarius, fighting against being drafted and sent to Vietnam. A number of the songs became hits. Hair, Aquarius, Good Morning Starshine, Easy To Be Hard, and Sunshine all came from HAIR.

I've always had a thing for hair. My hair was very long until my niece cut, curled and made it red for me last month.

See Becky. See Becky's hair come out. The last day or so I've been noticing it was shedding a bit, so this afternoon I sat for a little over an hour, gently pulling and removing whatever would come out and putting it in a Ziploc bag. There is still hair on my head, but it is quite thin and patchy. I think I'm going to see if Kiki can come up this week and work on it for me. So I'll leave you with this little story, which I quite like. It came to me in e-mail.


One day a little old lady woke up and saw she had three hairs on her head. She said, "Oh good. I think I'll braid my hair today." And she went out and had a wonderful day.

The next morning she woke up and saw she had two hairs on her head. She said, "Oh good! I think I'll wear my hair in pigtails." And she went out and had a wonderful day.

The next morning she woke up and saw she had one hair on her head. She said, "Oh good! I think I'll wear my hair in a ponytail." And she went out and had a wonderful day.

The next morning she woke up and saw she had no hair on her head. She said, "Oh good! I don't have to worry about fixing my hair today." And she went out and had a wonderful day.

My friends, I hope no matter what the status of your hair is, you have gone out and are having a wonderful day!

Peace, love and namasté,