I decided to actually brush my hair, for once, and braid it. The braid came out reasonably, too. This makes me marginally happy. (Back in the day, other people would play with my hair too, but now it seems to be a more solitary effort.) I'm not quite clear how it is that every time I wash or brush my hair, I get a reasonably large handful of loose hair, but still seem to be doing okay on keeping my head covered; I won't complain.