My wild-woodsy-woman hair and what it says about who I'm becoming as I get older

I'm not a witch, but fairy-tale archetypes have a place in stories about age.

Earlier this summer I decided to stop touching up my roots at home. So far I'm only gray in my temples and along my hairline, and trying to hold those grays at bay had led me to make some home hair-color missteps that had a ripple effect on the rest of my hair. Due to too-frequent dyeing, it wound up several shades lighter than my natural color and ofte…