Such self-indulgence !

The other day, I saw this offering from"Word of the Day" and wrote myself a mental note to work a post around it.  Writing mental notes isn't always that successful but I think the word carries its own destiny.

Word of the Day January 11

glabrous\GLAY-brus\

adjective

:	smooth; especially : having a surface without hairs or projections

Unlike the fuzzy peach, the nectarine has a glabrous skin.

"Wounds that involve the glabrous surface of the hand ideally are replaced with skin that possesses the same characteristics as the adjacent skin."
I imagine you can see the possibilities.  Here's a list of glabrous things that have come my way lately:

• not my chin
• my glabrous grandchildren, although I can't be too sure about Phoebe, now that she's a teenager
• not my legs
• a wonderful apple I'd never tasted before but can't remember the name of
• not the screen on my laptop
• every e-book on my eReader
• not any part of Dave (except that lovely smooth bit that looks like a tonsure)
• the granite counter-top on which I just spilled my hot chocolate
• not my cat, of fond memory, which is easy because her non-gabrous hair still lingers in corners
• the woman who sold us this condo