{"id":9609,"date":"2020-09-11T12:12:38","date_gmt":"2020-09-11T19:12:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thewritespot.us\/marlenecullenblog\/?p=9609"},"modified":"2020-09-11T12:12:45","modified_gmt":"2020-09-11T19:12:45","slug":"what-have-you-been-thinking-about-prompt-526","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thewritespot.us\/marlenecullenblog\/what-have-you-been-thinking-about-prompt-526\/","title":{"rendered":"What have you been thinking about? Prompt #526"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thewritespot.us\/marlenecullenblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Bird.WildHair.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9612\" width=\"246\" height=\"236\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thewritespot.us\/marlenecullenblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Bird.WildHair.jpg 381w, https:\/\/thewritespot.us\/marlenecullenblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Bird.WildHair-300x288.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 246px) 100vw, 246px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>What have you been thinking about lately?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I\u2019ve been thinking about hair.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The following is an excerpt from My Generation magazine, Sept-Oct 2001.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cYou can\u2019t say hair without muttering a bitter, Ha!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hair is the Achilles\u2019 heel atop our skulls: the curse of baldness, the pathos of the comb-over, the futility of the hairpiece.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The double cross of auburn, chestnut, raven locks\u2014your crowning glory\u2014suddenly blanching the color of steel wool.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Curly hair that won\u2019t straighten, straight hair that won\u2019t curl.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The heartbreak of the impermanent wave, the bungled dye jobs, split ends, dandruff.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Every head of hair in the civilized world is shackled to a monthly treadmill of maintenance, overhaul and gardening, hostage to the grooming industry and its literal clip joints.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You could buy a new Ferrari with the money you shell out over a lifetime for the upkeep of that mat of third-rate fur.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Prompt:  Hair<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Or: What have you been thinking about?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What have you been thinking about lately? 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