Dizzy Wild

What is it about putting

something on your head

that creates a magic new you?

Is that why many wear hats?

Decorative head wear?

Not a hat person really

(due to the 20 years of static based hair

from the knit hats needed

to survive Duluth winters)

I didn't really get the appeal

until maybe now?

But the "Wild Wear Bobble Bands"

aren't really a hat,

the effect is similar or greater.

A week after Jodi said,

"Make a Wild Woman spiral head band

with animal print and boinging wire,"

I was walking into an evening

of live music...

with one on my head,

and one for her and Kate!

(seems I will do anything Jodi says.)

After a trip to Michael's and

a crafty afternoon in the sun,

with wire cutters, PVC pipe

and covered in tacky glue...

here was the goofiest, wildest thing

to ever be placed on my head.

With a thousand January projects pending,

this wasn't EVEN on my list!

When, I should have been cursing Jodi's name

and her wild ideas

I was giggling out loud instead.

That night...

we "bobbled" in time to the music,

our spirals dipping and waving,

interlocking with tangled attachment,

laughing over the vibrational sensation

that our brains were experiencing,

a light headed dizziness

that inspired the desire

to do something funky and crazy

and because of the things on our heads,

we had the permission to do so!

Maybe, it was even expected!

(The envy of the "older"

women in the room, who also wanted one

...and where could they get one?...yikes!)

It was a magnificent high spirited,

entertaining evening of fun

and intelligent witty conversations...

wondering if the Bobble Bands

acted like antennas,

conductors of energy,

picking up wave signals

from those wild ones who came before us?

Or maybe it was just the wine!

Hard to say...either way, I was fascinated

because the next day at the beach

while working on a paddle logo picture

wearing the Wild Wear Bobble Band still,

I found myself spinning in circles

with pinwheels in each hand...

around and around "dizzy with wild."

Jodi says, this could be big

get ready...oh no!!!

And although I do not anticipate

long crafty afternoons

wire wrapping and glueing fabric

to headbands,

( may be a kit?)

I REALLY want everyone I know,

to have one...

it is guaranteed giggle wear,

not sure the planet is ready

for that much wild... but we'll see.

Pam Piper Rain