Sheep, Goats and Alpaca... Beware

St. Valentines Day is gone and the weather seems to be breaking.  Spring is in my heart but a cruel fact of nature is...it's still winter.  In my part of the country, we can realistically expect snow until early April.  Hats, scarfs, gloves and coats are on standby.

The sun shining but the air is cold and wool is on the attack.  Wool comes from the hair of sheep, goats, muskoxen (?), alpaca, camels and rabbits.  It's  formal names are cashmere, mohair (goats), and angora (rabbits).  According to Essence Beauty Basics and Beyond, wool causes hair loss at the hair line and at the nape of the neck (in the kitchen).

Be your own valentine and buy a new, a wool free hat and scarf set,  you might even catch them on sale.  You deserve something new to inspire through the remainder of winter and help you get your sexy back, because ..."It Ain't Over".

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Monkeys in a Barrel - Updated

Folks in New York Riding riding around on the train without pants are crazy.  Why would people do a thing like that? It must be a fundraiser, right?  I guess it’s fun to stand next to people with the same sense of humor. Riding on a train without pants is a sad way to have fun. My mother used to say, “misery loves company,” which meant if someone is sad they want to make others sad.

Sad people are not fun to be around, all they want to talk about is the blues. When they get tired of being sad and want a solution. They look up, no more conversations with the down and out. They want to know where the happy people are. They're looking to make a bee-line to someone who can help them get through the misery.

My mother would beat me unconscious if she thought I was crazy enough to ride on a train with a bunch of monkeys without their pants.  Oprah says, “You are as sick as your secrets,” maybe she should say, “You are as sick as your friends riding on the train.” 

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