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Fuzzy Wuzzy was a bear….

James Moffitt
3 min readAug 8, 2023
Fuzzy look

For most of my life I have been clean-shaven. I also have had a very short hair cut as well. When I was a youth I was in a military family and my adoptive father always gave me a burr haircut also known as a crew cut. That would be very close to being bald if you ask me. When I turned 18 I swore I would never have that type of hair cut so as a young adult I let the hair grow out. I did not go overboard though and kept the hair above my ears for the most part.

Earlier this year I had an experiment where I let my facial hair grow. I wanted to see how I would look with a beard and mustache. I guess I let it grow for about a month and trimmed it until I liked what I saw. That photo is on my Facebook profile.

Facebook Profile Picture

So, the Facebook Profile picture looks much better because it is much smaller. It is not so in your face. LOL… Anyway, a co worker told me that it makes me look 10 years younger. I find that hard to believe but what the heck. That is a compliment right?

A friend of mine who is a year younger than me has grown his beard out. He has salt a pepper hair color. He decided to darken his beard in order to look a bit younger. The hair on his head is still salt and pepper like mine so it…

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James Moffitt
James Moffitt

Written by James Moffitt

Happily married for last 34 years to Katy Moffitt, living in Goose Creek South Carolina. I am a writer, photographer and podcast host. I am a critical thinker.

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