The Big Picture by Lennie Peterson for June 20, 2021

Wear a fake beard until it grows in!

Facial hair(whiskers) are always growing. Some faster and fuller than others. Why do you want a goatee? Just because you are a musician? Since when did you do anything just because tohers were doing it?

Really what I am growing is an attitude towards people. I used to care for a friend who died in January and sometimes I would walk into his house and ask him “have I told you lately I hate people” because someone did or said something stupid to me.

I tried letting my mustache grow when I was 25. After about 3 weeks someone finally asked if I was trying to grow one. I gave up and shaved what was there off. When I was 40, I tried again. Not a bad job, but my wife wouldn’t kiss me, Haven’t tried since.

I often wonder why it is so easy to grow hair in some places and not in others. Who needs underarm hair anyways????

Some can and some cannot. Some go totally bald before they are 40 and some do not. There is not really a lot one can do about it.

A benefit (?) of wearing a mask for 12+ hrs a day. I shaved where the mask didn’t cover and let it grow under it. My excuse was the stubble was irritating under the mask. By the time people saw the goatee it was mostly grown-in. Nieces and Nephews were a bit freaked out when they saw it (my first facial hair in over 30 yrs.)

Nope. Already grown. Here’s your sign.

Happy Father’s Day my friends especially Lennie.

Hey, Lennie. Growing a head of hair?