I’m thrilled to say that I’m experiencing hair nirvana at the moment, mid-day on President’s Day, thanks to drugstore mousse, a curling iron I haven’t used since 8th grade, and Alvin at Austin’s Salon. I love Alvin. He doesn’t talk much nor does he mind that I don’t either. It is so meditative getting my hair cut by him. He’s fast and he’s very, very good. I brought in a picture of Jennifer Nettles of Sugarland and I must say he did a pretty damn good job making me look like a super cool country singer! I’m about to go take my hair-nirvana-ed self on a walk through Hollywood Cemetery, my favorite place in Richmond. I love the huge trees, the regality of the presidents, and the heartbreakingly, tender messages of love engraved by families to their departed. I must admit I also calculate the length of lives lived as I walk by the gravestones. I invariably feel, “Whoa, this could all be over very soon.” It never ceases to inspire me to live my life to its fullest now and to give what I have to give.
Hair Nirvana & Hollywood Cemetery
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