Color: Flying Scotsman
I’m not going to succumb to temptation & paint my nails with Scotch Naturals polish {above}. I’m not. Really.
I file through my nails making jewelry more often than I file them for beauty, making cosmetics a thoroughly useless & wasteful endeavor. Those who know me might point out that I do really take care of my hands….sort of… but I would like to point out that I don’t wear nail polish for the same reason I don’t wear bright lipstick when I don’t wear makeup: it tends to point out what I haven’t done more than what I have. {What I have is a half-moon shaped groove indenting my left index fingernail & finger from a #2 Swiss file used ordinarily to remove large shavings of sterling.}
As long as I’m resisting the trappings of aesthetic insecurity, I’d like to start the new year with a non-consumer thought to start the year right:
This is Just to Say
I have eaten
the plums
that were in
the icebox
and which
you were probably
saving
for breakfast
Forgive me
they were delicious
so sweet
and so cold
– Wllm. Carlos Williams
♥ Momo