Last week, a little girl in my local supermarket loudly declared that I had super amazing hair. Naturally I said thank you and beamed for the rest of the day. I generally tell people to ignore comments from strangers about their appearance, but this is a special sub-category of comments from strangers and should absolutely […]
SUBURBAN AFRO POSTS
AFRO HAIR & HAIRDRESSING
Today it was announced that the treatment and styling of afro and texturised hair would be included as part of the standing training for all hairdressers in the UK. On the face of it, this announcement doesn’t seem like a big deal, but it is. It’s a big deal because having afro hair has always […]
RONA AND THE FRO. MY HAIR ADVENTURES DURING THE CORONAVIRUS CRISIS
I generally change my hair every few months and these days that almost always involves some form of hair extension. I’ve had my hair braided on and off since I was about 14 years of age and every few years, usually when I’m low on funds, I wish that I knew how to braid my […]
EXPERIMENTING
The whole point of this site was supposed to be as a development site where I could test out new things without causing havoc with my “real” websites. What has actually happened is that I created the site and once in a blue moon, I use it to test out a plug in before I […]
MERRY CHRISTMAS FROM THE ELECTRIC BLUE SUBURBAN AFRO
In the last few months I’ve had three very different hairstyles. I had my natural hair for a while and kept it for much longer than intended due to budgetary constraints. Having spent a couple of months with my shoulder length at a push afro I decided to make sure that the update was noticeably […]
I WISH I HAD HAIR LIKE YOURS. MEMORIES OF TCB AND PLANNING MY NEXT HAIRDO
People often say to me that they wish they had hair like mine. I could finish this blog post with three words and an exclamation mark i.e. “No you don’t!” but where’s the fun in that? It’s a fact of life that people always want things that they can’t have and nothing illustrates this more […]
CHRISTMAS REFLECTIONS 2018
Sitting here in the period between Christmas and New Year, the place in time where I congratulate myself for pulling off miracles as the Christmas fairy and ask myself some serious questions about what my goals are for the year ahead. I stopped generating official resolutions and outrageous lists of improvements years ago and most […]
USING MY AFRO TO ILLUSTRATE SUCCESS ON SOCIAL MEDIA
If you know me offline, you’ll be well aware that my hair changes on a regular basis. If you know me online then you’ll probably know that I post a random selection of content on different platforms from time to time and that most of that content gets a minimal response. Most of the things […]
VILLAGE WEB COMPANY
Village Web Company is the name of my business. I primarily build websites for small local businesses but I also offer help with social media, digital marketing, SEO or anything that involves a computer. My customers vary a lot and I’m lucky enough to have built websites for shops, charities and even a junior football […]
WORTHYONTHEWEB
Although this website is dedicated to complaining about my hair, along with the occasional epiphany about actually having nothing to complain about, online I’m generally better known as WorthyOnTheWeb. I build websites for a living and SuburbanAfro was a project I started because I wanted to experiment with some WordPress themes and wanted a blog […]