Herbed Polenta Fries
A red spot appeared on the tip of my nose last month, right around the time that "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" had its annual airing on TV. After I saved Christmas by guiding Santa's sleigh through the fog, I went to the dermatologist. The spot turned out to be actinic keratosis and not a big deal; I've had these patches before. Sometimes they go away on their own, and once I had one removed. I have chosen not to airbrush away my red spot so that it may serve as a reminder to us all to wear sunscreen religiously. Unrelatedly, I wear a hat all the time these days because it has been COLD!! But this particular blemish sticks out in my mind because it literally sticks out from my face. I had to run some errands after the biopsy, and I dreaded walking into stores with a ridiculous bandage on the tip of my nose, but something interesting happened when I did. People studiously avoided looking at my ridiculous bandage. They looked anywhere else to avoid making me feel awk...