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I rode up Tunnel Rd and out Skyline almost to Redwood Rd, stopping where the road starts to descend, since I didn't want to climb back up again. I remember when that was a twice-weekly morning "short" ride to supplement the weekend longer rides when I was training for the CA AIDS Ride. It felt plenty long today, 20 miles and 2000 feet of elevation gain on a hot day. I suppose training (and the passage of 20+ years) really does make a difference. My friend was on an electric-assist bike and seemed more at ease with the ride.

My hair has grown long enough to be annoying again, so I tackled cutting it. The process felt a bit ragged, less careful that past times, but the results are fine. And my hair is wavy and grows fast and I braid it all the time anyway, so it's good enough. I started out to take off a little less than last time, but I think it ended up close to the same length, maybe because it hadn't grown as long after 8 months as after a year and a half.
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Apparently my hair is type 2B, according to this explainer by Bee Quammie.

My hair had gotten long enough so that the braid was swinging into whatever I was doing as I bent over, and it was more and more of a hassle to french braid. I've been wondering if I could get a friend to trim it for me, but I hadn't gathered the courage to ask. I wasn't sure if I wanted to try cutting it again myself, but this morning I rewatched the videos I found before, gathered the scissors and scrunchies and comb, washed my hair, and then found myself going ahead and doing the job.

I cut off about 8 inches, and I think it will be bra-strap length when it dries. I'm reasonably satisfied with the length and evenness, especially since I braid it almost all the time.

I didn't realize it had been almost a year and half since I cut it last! It's been a busy time!

See, it didn't turn out badly at all! It's a few inches longer than I first estimated.
( Mirror selfie, long wavy brown hair )

I just cut another six inches off my hair. It is now close to waist length when wet. I'm guessing it will be bra-strap length when dry and braided, which is what I was aiming for.

Last time I cut it, it ended up at the long end of "normal" for me, where I usually start thinking about getting it cut. Almost two months later, it was definitely starting to annoy me when the braid swings into what I'm doing instead of staying docilely behind me. It still took me a couple of weeks to work up to another self hair cut, but I'm pleased that I went through with it.

It might be nice to have someone else cut it for me again someday and have it be truly even, but meanwhile it's good to be able to take action myself.

In other news, my biking buddy had the day off but buses were running on weekday schedules, so we took the express bus up into Washington state and rode to Ridgefield and back, and then caught the bus back. Beautiful day for a 30 mile ride. The Salmon Creek Trail is lovely and shady, and even on a holiday there was plenty of room for everyone using it.

I just cut a foot of length off my hair. It is now down to my waist. When braided. I watched a couple of youtube videos: Haartraum and Bebexo. I debated whether I needed to get special hair-cutting scissors, but Bebexo specified sharp scissors, and I have a pair of sewing scissors I had gotten sharpened shortly before the pandemic, so I used those.

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Related to this question of hair-cutting scissors, I've been thinking about this article: The Shopping Cure by Anne Helen Petersen. "The one thing that would temporarily calm me down was buying shit. Not in massive quantities, and not clothes. Just things that seemed like they would fix small problems, fill small lacks."

When does it make sense to make do, and when is it worth getting the right tool for the job?

( A tool purchase )

I don't know if I've been over-buying because of the pandemic, or if I've been pushed more toward a reasonable amount of buying tools after growing up with the idea that buying nothing was the ideal. It is appealing to be able to solve some small problems (and support some tool-makers) with the application of money, since the big problems are so intractable.

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Sonia Connolly

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