Out of the Ashes
Written by vivianm@oregonhomemagazine.com (mailto:vivianm@oregonhomemagazine.com) ">Vivian McInerny Thursday, 01 November 2012 10:51
I have a friend who was hooked on makeover shows. She still talks about an episode in which a hairstylist was about to cut the blond dreadlocks off a girl's head and instead leaped backwards as though she were staring down Medusa's snakes.
Apparently, the makeover subject had smeared ashes into her fine hair to form the dreads. Her scalp looked like a fireplace after a harsh winter. But from the ashes rose a beautiful phoenix.
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An accomplished feature writer, McInerny's articles have appeared in newspapers and magazines nationwide. She was a staff writer at The Oregonian, a daily newspaper in Portland, Oregon for 20 years. For two years she was managing editor of Oregon Home...
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