Crow's feet and chemicals
On the things we have words for – and the things we don’t
I rather love the expression ‘crow’s feet’. Which is not the same thing as loving my own, emerging crow’s feet – although I am trying.
What I love about the phrase is how precise it is; how universally understood. We understand not only that ‘crow’s feet’ means wrinkles in the skin, but wrinkles specifically in the skin nex…