Well its officially summer in the River City. We have had fires everywhere for months (southern Georgia, neighboring Florida counties to the west and south). Even on some days when it was actually not too hot to don a wig I left it at home anyway, as I did not want to get that smoke smell in it.

Anyway, have a niece getting married soon. I already have me dress and hair (wig) picked out. I have always instinctively felt [pressured??? obligated??? i worry...] that for formal occasions I would not feel appropriate au natural, as silly [and suspicious] as it seems to a certain part of myself. But then, I mean, if I DID still have waist length locks, I would probably not have them totally undone at a wedding or funeral, no barrette or pull-back or anything. I would be putting in some effort to style it, to embellish it somehow. So now instead of embellishing what no longer exists, I will embellish the area upon which it did exist: namely my scalp --Specifically with a "cranial prosthesis" aka a wig.

Twenty years ago, maybe even ten, a woman's bare scalp was considered vulgar (the first listed meaning of which is: "Lacking sophistication or good taste; unrefined" - see?), and now it is becoming sophisticated, tasteful, and refined. Not to mention PRACTICAL
Man, I love progress! We enjoy levels of acceptance that are totally unprecedented!