It’s interesting, this growing out my hair after about fifteen years of having it fairly short. Suddenly I’ve got wavy hair, and it not only looks different from the super-straight short stuff I had but I kind of like it better now that it’s got white hairs streaking through it here and there. Go figure. Still, that doesn’t make the following poem true. Just sayin’.
Lady Samson
Her hair’s grown long now; does this signify
She’s stronger yet somehow, or then, have I
Mistaken this adornment so hirsute
For something that a person more acute
Would recognize as only pretty hair?
I’ll ponder it (and hope not seem to stare)
Until a sign arises that this length,
If only by its beauty, gives her strength,
For anyway, I oughtn’t give a fig
E’en on discovering that it’s a wig.
Art-Colored Glasses 
And here I am contemplating cutting mine short after it being long all my life 🙂
So glad I am not the only one who doesn’t colour over the “natural highlights” which I am sure if I squint hard enough could look more blonde than grey.
🙂 Mandy xo
So does longer hair imply an updated avatar?
Possibly, although the trick will be to decide when the new ‘do is, uh, done. That is to say, since I’ve not had hair this long (and it’s still plenty short by many measures) in many years, we’re watching to see if it reaches an obviously appropriate length or requires tinkering. A silly but mildly entertaining experiment, motivated by the combination of skipped haircuts while on our summer road trip, seeing that the new growth was wavy instead of my longtime straight hair and that the grey shows off more–an aspect that I guess I’m something of an oddity in thinking one of my preferred features. Either way, I’m probably overdue for a new head shot anyhow, so I’ll see what I can manage relatively soon.