I’m an essayist and creative non-fiction writer in New York City interested in writing about relationships, the surprising things life teaches us and, as a former hairdresser, the connection between appearance and identity. Transformation of any kind fascinates me. On my last milestone birthday a friend asked me what I envisioned for my next decade. In the past I might have given a list – write another book, travel to Japan, become a grandmother. Those things are desires and may or may not h