on the hemp again!

so, today i went back to the meadows of dan trading company. i have a serious problem...

hello, my name is janet and i am addicted to hemp.

i really needed a haircut, in the worst way. due mostly to laziness i have not had a bona fide haircut in a couple of months or more. i have remedied this oversight by begging mr. metalology to cut my hair for me in the bathroom with a hand mirror in my hand shouting out directions and, 'no god no not that much' and that sort of thing. so after the kind of courage that only comes from seeing the bottom of the wine bottle, last night i decided that this morning i would go to stacy's and have a real haircut. 

here's the history: i have super bad luck with haircuts. super super bad. the worst haircut of my life happened about 3 weeks before my wedding, and that trauma lingers. and worse, since moving to north carolina i haven't really settled in to that trusting relationship with a haircutting professional that is so essential for me to have in order to allow anyone that close to my head with a sharp object, the kind you aren't allowed to take on a plane anymore. i have had excruciatingly rotten haircuts here in my new state. i am sure it is all my fault, i do not speak the 'haircutting tongue' my lexical skills just do not include bob, wedge, weave or any other term that might apply just as easily to boxing as to hair design. having said that:

so i was off to see tracy first thing this morning. i was very hopeful, i emailed myself a photo of a haircut i liked to show her on my iPhone. i figured a picture was worth a thousand words to avoid misunderstanding in this case. she did a wonderful job, my hair looks great, just like the picture (at least today...we'll see what happens when it's my turn to style it...) and i was so pleased and invigorated with the new energy that only comes with a successful new haircut that i took my car to the carwash and had it cleaned too. a fresh start all around! 

to reward my bravery, i decided to go back to the meadows of dan trading company and procure a new skirt. which i did. it is lovely, pale green and just the same as the last one i bought there. i also got a 'mud dyed' tee shirt with a lovely scoop neck and then on the way out to the car i found a sleeveless top on the sidewalk sale rack for $17 in my size, so OF COURSE i grabbed it too. 

hemp makes me feel good. but not because it is a sustainable fiber and good for the environment and blah blah blah, i mean those things are good too, but i like the way it hangs. i like the way it breathes. i like the way it looks on me, and i like almost nothing on me. i like the way the edges of these garments are serged and not hemmed. i like the raw edges.