Quote Originally Posted by Kimmyt View Post
I still swear that when I get older I am going to let my hair go iron gray or silver and crop it close to my head. And wear long dangly earrings and skirts, and bollocks to whoever wants to call me names.
Several years ago I was in a shopping mall and saw a couple of middle-aged women walking towards me. Both had salt and pepper hair which was very attractive on them. I always notice women in my age group who don't dye their hair because I don't and sometimes need some visual reassurance that I've made the right choice. Anyway, as we got closer to each other I made eye contact with the one with hair a bit shorter than mine. We smiled briefly and kept walking away from each other. She looked vaguely familiar and I was trying to figure out where I might have seen her. Then it hit me. It was Joan Baez ! I'm sure she thought I'd recognized her when in truth, I was just noticing her hair! And for the record, she is absolutely beautiful in person.
www.joanbaez.com.

My natural color is dark brown and I'm maybe 10% gray. Seems like more because of the contrast. If I colored it, I could possibly pass for my early 40's (I'm 54), but I'd have to do the roots every three weeks to keep from having the "halo effect". What a bother! I figure the easiest thing to do to stay younger looking is to keep riding my bike and try to stay in the best shape I can.

Back to the dreadlock issue, I've seen a few men and women who look wonderful in them, but the hair has always been fairly short and professionally done. The long ropey dreads look like something cats cough up. Bleh.