@jeanne-mayell, thank you for sharing Reasons to be Cheerful. I had no idea that David Byrne, who I absolutely love, started something this. We need all the hope and cheer we can get.
I can't figure out how to get it delivered to my inbox. Maybe through the "Contact us" link?
Actually @Lovendures posted it. I merely mentioned that there are two one that first circulated last year and year two is circulating now. It IS wonderful isn't it. :-)
Portland distillery makes hand sanitizer to give to customers | News | kptv.com
PORTLAND, OR (KPTV) – A Portland distillery is now making hand sanitizer and giving it out to customers.
Shine Distillery and Grill already has the equipment and the alcohol for it. They say it just makes sense for them to help keep people healthy right now.
Basically, when they distill the alcohol, the first part that comes out isn’t meant to drink, so they make a cleaner out of it.
High enough alcohol content to use at 80% and legal to make as long as they give it away not sell it!
Time to revive this thread.
This is a wonderful story about a young person of color who is a flight attendant for Southwest. She ended up having a beautiful conversation with a passenger about race. The man had been reading the book White Fragility: Why It's so Hard For White People to Talk About Racism by Robin DiAngelo. It became a conversation starter. Later, that passenger revealed he was the CEO of American Airlines. I have no idea why the CEO of American was on Southwest but it was meant to be.
The way she speaks about her experience reminds me of many of our community members.
I think I might need to buy that book.
https://www.cnn.com/videos/travel/2020/06/02/southwest-flight-attendant-american-ceo-travel-orig.cnn
This is a fantastic story of a teenager who cleaned up by himself after a riot for 10 hours because it was the right thing to do. When the community found out, what he go back was amazing.
I need to post this someplace. I am not sure if this is the right place ( seems like I say that a lot around here.. haha).
COVID has given me license to let my gray grow out. I am going to let myself be authentic -- no more dyeing. If I don't like it when all is said and done, who says I can't go back to being a brunette or even blonde?
I call my current silver skunk stripe my unicorn horn. And I am three months in. I hear it's the next six that will be the toughest. I've decided, for now, not to go with highlights to blend it. I don't go back to school until August, so I've got some time to let it grow. I may decide to go short when I've got enough gray to work with.
Anyone else a silver sister?
Woo hoo!
Welcome to the club. I am 60 something and stopped dying my hair in my early 50's. I have several auto-immune diseases.. one of them being Hashimotos thyroid disease. My hair is waist length and natural..tho being a red head mine is more cinnamon and sugar than salt and pepper. I actually get many compliments on it. I actually enjoy it now and do not miss the hours and money I spent on hair appointments or the mess and angst of coloring at home. I think you may grow to like not coloring it and embracing it. ?
@parizienne I am 62 but still dye my hair. I started going grey at 19 and when I talk about letting it go my kids tell me I’m too young yet. Nice but not true. I do love a beautiful head of white hair. One day. Until then I really want to dye the underneath my beloved purple. I have to keep it somewhat business like due to where I work. One day. Feel good about being who you are. Took me a long time to get that. ???
@febbby23 my hair stylist is pushing back a bit saying that at 55 I am too young, but I’ve seen people younger than I am rock the silver, so I think it’s worth a try. It’s only hair. I hope I like it. Right now, it’s day by day. Some days I like it. Others, I’m not so sure.
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