A COUPLE of years ago I wrote a column about how I, at the age of 58, could put myself to use as an influencer. It was, of course, a joke. I knew that in reality that no-one would take a blind bit of notice were a woman nearing 60 to post pictures of herself on Instagram. A female of my age surely couldn’t influence anyone to buy or to do anything. So it came as something of a shock this week to learn that older social media users aged from their mid-50s - and even as old as their 90s - are building up huge followings as influencers.
A COUPLE of years ago I wrote a column about how I, at the age of 58, could put myself to use as an influencer. It was, of course, a joke. I knew that in reality that no-one would take a blind bit of notice were a woman nearing 60 to post pictures of herself on Instagram. A female of my age surely couldn’t influence anyone to buy or to do anything. So it came as something of a shock this week to learn that older social media users aged from their mid-50s - and even as old as their 90s - are building up huge followings as influencers.
Rick Bradbury, Scarborough: The man in the barber shop mirror
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I’ve always had a love-hate relationship with haircuts. According to my parents, I did not enjoy my first trip to the barber shop. When documenting the occasion in my baby book, my mom charitably wrote: “He didn’t like it!” She later told me she didn’t want to write that I screamed my head off the entire time.
This photo “was taken mere hours before I was finally relieved of my COVID hair,” Rick Bradbury says.
Photo courtesy of Rick Bradbury
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Rick Bradbury grew up in Washington County, and his work as a civil engineer has taken him to every corner of Maine. He now lives in Scarborough.