No social media, no email, no website. And she’s a business success.

I think one of the weirdest questions in all of life is, “How do you want your hair cut?”

I have never known how to answer that, other than … “a little shorter, please.” I mean, do you express this answer in millimeters, or hair density, or “just keep going until I say stop?”

So when I find somebody who understands how I want my hair cut, I tend to stick with them for a long time!

Such is the case with Frankie, who has cut my diminishing amount of hair for more than 10 years. She rents a small space in what can best be described as a warehouse of small beauty-related businesses — nails, spas, all sorts of things to make you beautiful. I don’t have much use for that stuff, but that’s where Frankie is, so that’s where I go.

Over these many years, I’ve encouraged Frankie to get a website. How will people know when she’s open? How will they know how to find her?

She just rolls her eyes.

I’ve given my books to her. I’ve talked to her about social media (Instagram at least?) and maybe building an email list of clients. I introduced her to a web-based scheduling system for salons. But she hasn’t done anything like that … and probably never will.