A young lady posted a request in my neighbourhood’s Facebook community. She is studying hairdressing and needed someone with curly hair to sit for a blow-wave. I have never paid much attention to such requests, but this time was different. Not only because she needed someone with curly hair (which I have plenty of), but also because it didn’t involve a cut. There are limits to my daring side…
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I once heard someone say (it might have been Gareth Cliff) that all the problems in the world can be traced back to money. Money makes us greedy. Money (or the lack of it) makes us hungry. Money makes us insecure, secure, able, unable, safe, vulnerable, superior…entitled. Get rid of money, and all the world’s problems are sorted. Hunting-and-gathering can recommence. Hypothetically.
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