I must say, I came across this blog while searching around the internet to read up on drealocks. After reading your blog, it helped me decide they are for me.
I dont want to reach old age and regret not having had dreads – ive admired that hairstyle for many years, partly due to its non-conformism, but also because of their history of being associated with spiritualism.

WOW! this is the first time i’ve read your blog and i have to say.. it (and you) are amazing! there are so many things that you’re doing that i’ve wated and wished i could do for too many years to count. then i came across your dread posts and i felt something. i felt afraid. what in the world? here i am, nearly 40 years old and frightened by your dreads? it took me a minute to make sense of it all. it wasn’t your hair that frightened me, it was that i was sitting here knowing that i have to do the same thing. 15 years ago i spent a fantastic weekend in jamaica. while i was in the market a woman braided my hair. i loved it.. here i was, this goofy suburban white girl with braids and i loved it. and then i took it down because i knew my family and my fiance wouldn’t approve. the time of wishing and waiting is over. i’ve found a place here in houston with a good reputation and i’m taking the plunge. like bob marley said, ‘don’t jump in the water if you can’t swim.’ well, it’s time for this blonde to go overboard once again and do the things she dreams of. thanks for the empowerment and inspiration!

I wrote about my new dreads on my blog here: http://clbeyer.wordpress.com/2008/05/24/enter-dreadhead/

My dreads are forming slowly, but in spite of looking a bit frazzled still, I am loving them.