Purple hair and jigsaws

Last week it was about aging and growing old. Of course I forgot to include that I love to dye my streaks of white hair purple. Not lavender. That’s when all my hair turns white, when I am around 105 and wrinkled as — not a prune — but a whole box of prunes. I found a blue-violet easy dye on Lazada. That’s the shade I like. It is easy to apply but I have to keep it on more than two hours for it to cling to my hair. So I put it on and forget about it.

I love coloring my hair. Once upon a time when I had a salary to spend on coloring, I colored it a flattering green. A lady in an elevator said, “I love the color of your hair.” I encouraged her to get it. She said she didn’t have the guts. Another time I colored it burgundy — that looked good when the sun shone on it. But now that I’m old I love to dye my hair purple.

Life has become so complicated! Once,when the word “gay” simply meant happy, my husband Loy and I used to sing a duet called But Beautiful. The words were: Love is tearful or it’s gay… That “translates” to love is either sad or happy. Now I’m grateful we don’t sing anymore. Because some G guys may get up and leave. I remember how insulted I felt when I received a letter accusing me of being an L. I definitely am not an L.

I love it now that I can tell when the sound it makes is the fitting of two pieces or the louder click when you put a piece in its proper place in the picture. Who can think about other problems when you’re working on a jigsaw puzzle? I cannot wait until I make it to a puzzle with a thousand pieces. All through this my husband and his caregiver are asleep. I have the apartment all to myself at four in the morning. It’s the most wonderful time of day.

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