cuts and scrapes
House on Red Corner · 2007-10-23
no not on EJ, on my face. EJ is doing very very well, she is growing faster than weeds and learning to talk and do simple tasks around the house. She will throw things in the trash or put dirty dishes in the sink. She also demands Milo by name and can say “ceral” but prefers to just point at the cabinet to get her breakfast, or more accurately, to get her Daddy to get her breakfast. Her Daddy, whom she still calls “Mommy” unless she is talking able a photograph of him, and in that case She calls nearly everyone in photographs “Daddy”.
The title of this post is about my face. Because after reading a couple months ago, a story about someone we know in the New York Times, I have decided to make less of an impact upon our planet. OK, I know, you are thinking, how much more of a Communist-Hippie-Pinko can Nathan get? It’s not that terrible to think about making an difference in the longrun is it? Anyways, I digress. I have chose to no longer play along with the marketing and advertising agencies who insist that I need to buy a new razor handle every couple years and get new blades every month. This decision will also pay off economically as well.
Now, I am not going to grow a big shaggy beard like the Hippie that everyone already thinks I am, nope instead, I have purchased a Straight Razor. And as I learn how to use it, I am experiencing cuts and scrapes like never before. But I know that I will not have to contribute to that pile of discarded razor blades which is building up in the local landfill.
BTW, we have booked Christmas Holliday. It will be in Alaska this year.