While making masks, I found pipe cleaners to use for the little nose piece. They were all various colors – way too many to use for my purpose – unless I was sewing for a small nation.
So, I started thinking that we should try to emulate pipe cleaners. They come in various colors like we do. They can be very useful in many situations other than for cleaning out your pipe. (Try explaining why you need a pipe cleaner to your kid while you are telling them not to smoke?) Pipe cleaners are also flexible, bending to their needs.
Since a lot of recent plans have changed, I am committed to being a pipe cleaner – or “fuzzy stick” as they are now renamed with a politically correct moniker. Just bending rather than being bent, right?