tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post7968264289856253285..comments2024-03-27T13:32:06.780-02:30Comments on The Other Side of Eighty: So I gave a class.......Wisewebwomanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15281689872840844191noreply@blogger.comBlogger33125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-89758390139446186112018-03-13T12:47:28.746-02:302018-03-13T12:47:28.746-02:30It is a privilege to be a witness to this journey ...It is a privilege to be a witness to this journey you are on, one that started years ago. Thank you for sharing even the hardest bits. Your honesty and insight are a gift. A post like this one makes me smile for you.Sharonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01448211798237937246noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-41049549832805879482018-03-07T15:57:40.402-03:302018-03-07T15:57:40.402-03:30We can do it to ourselves. I didn't see the Os...We can do it to ourselves. I didn't see the Oscars but another blogger wrote about Jane Fonda, Jimmy Kimmel, et al, mocking elders giving licence to all to do the same. I've done a lot of elder research for a play and workshops I wrote and it needs to nipped at elders joking about depends and sagging breasts and penises. Elders are not valued by themselves. Most of my friends get coy about their ages. Puh-leese.<br /><br />XO<br />WWWWisewebwomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15281689872840844191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-11500639777784357062018-03-07T15:54:14.013-03:302018-03-07T15:54:14.013-03:30I wouldn't mind more gigs like this :)
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WWW...I wouldn't mind more gigs like this :)<br /><br />XO<br />WWWWisewebwomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15281689872840844191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-46481812836688562902018-03-07T13:30:10.805-03:302018-03-07T13:30:10.805-03:30What a wonderful, rewarding experience right out o...What a wonderful, rewarding experience right out of the blue! I can imagine a room full of women must be SO different from a room dominated by self-centred, loud-mouthed, know-it-all blokes.nickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10472673041193755894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-14874816311445936582018-03-07T11:59:44.232-03:302018-03-07T11:59:44.232-03:30I don't think I meant contempt as much as harm...I don't think I meant contempt as much as harmful, limiting, and societally feared, even when the stereotping appears to begnine and/or in one's favour: https://www.hindawi.com/journals/jger/2015/954027/<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-52966029903872762602018-03-07T09:49:51.156-03:302018-03-07T09:49:51.156-03:30Not quite following you, whoever you are - I don&#...Not quite following you, whoever you are - I don't feel contempt from the young at all, if that's what you are saying.<br /><br />XO<br />WWWWisewebwomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15281689872840844191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-54178532186155499722018-03-07T09:48:39.414-03:302018-03-07T09:48:39.414-03:30Good, I'm so glad you finally came up for air ...Good, I'm so glad you finally came up for air :)<br /><br />XO<br />WWWWisewebwomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15281689872840844191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-30982172577535116232018-03-06T23:28:03.911-03:302018-03-06T23:28:03.911-03:30It's not us oldies who make this mistake, but ...It's not us oldies who make this mistake, but sadly the younger ones who have the hand on the throttle: to them there's a myriad of descriptors for everyone, that is, up to about 50. Then, we are just OLD. All of us. Lumped. Never never land. Do not look too closely lest it gasp, be you one day. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-62555235207421840572018-03-06T22:08:06.455-03:302018-03-06T22:08:06.455-03:30That's great! Very inspirational!
(and I am sl...That's great! Very inspirational!<br />(and I am slowly putting my house back together again, all by myself and at my own pace)Anniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03787701515460812026noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-40143619234710852272018-03-06T19:14:17.801-03:302018-03-06T19:14:17.801-03:30You reminded me BB. In the common areas here they ...You reminded me BB. In the common areas here they play appropriate to the era music and I hear Everlys and Beatles and Rolling Stones and I think: I wonder how the "old people" feel about that stuff and then I realize OMG that's MY stuff. That's THEIR stuff too. Talk of a wake up call (no pun intended!)<br /><br />XO<br />WWWWisewebwomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15281689872840844191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-11672550493616887492018-03-06T11:40:20.833-03:302018-03-06T11:40:20.833-03:30Yeah, Yeah Yeah!!!!Yeah, Yeah Yeah!!!!Betty Bishophttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10552340264000998419noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-61985016887534051752018-03-05T17:42:48.263-03:302018-03-05T17:42:48.263-03:30Thanks Gemma!
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WWWThanks Gemma!<br /><br />XO<br />WWWWisewebwomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15281689872840844191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-26293503584323613962018-03-05T11:44:35.725-03:302018-03-05T11:44:35.725-03:30Good for you and good for them. Win win situation....Good for you and good for them. Win win situation.Gemma's personhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02740156670047388540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-71811046412644246942018-03-05T11:10:55.211-03:302018-03-05T11:10:55.211-03:30It's such a gift being around those young enou...It's such a gift being around those young enough to be grandchildren and only speak from our own experience and really listen to them. And nwver nudge or lecture. It sure opens doors everywhere!<br /><br />XO<br />WWWWisewebwomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15281689872840844191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-23735203208268159042018-03-05T10:45:45.903-03:302018-03-05T10:45:45.903-03:30Yes Maam, suit up and show up and it works. Age d...Yes Maam, suit up and show up and it works. Age difference is a myth. I mentor some young people younger than my son and they seem to enjoy the experience as do I. I also find that there is no generation gap only memory gap.Rummuserhttp://rummuser.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-73799427748044353742018-03-04T23:14:17.092-03:302018-03-04T23:14:17.092-03:30It was SAW, so enjoyable. Thank you!
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WWWIt was SAW, so enjoyable. Thank you!<br /><br />XO<br />WWWWisewebwomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15281689872840844191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-35460342195546558332018-03-04T23:12:55.796-03:302018-03-04T23:12:55.796-03:30It was just so enjoyable, I felt like another meta...It was just so enjoyable, I felt like another metamorphism had occurred, where we keep changing and growing.<br /><br /><br />XO<br />WWW Wisewebwomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15281689872840844191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-77794361517759341022018-03-04T21:22:01.013-03:302018-03-04T21:22:01.013-03:30So glad for you. This is a rare event and I'm ...So glad for you. This is a rare event and I'm glad you were able to be a willing participant in it. Hopefully, the relationship will continue and grow.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-39480510473745856202018-03-04T20:28:07.420-03:302018-03-04T20:28:07.420-03:30Oh my gosh, that's wonderful!Oh my gosh, that's wonderful!Secret Agent Womanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07564690116156754219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-78244188967465629372018-03-04T16:14:34.086-03:302018-03-04T16:14:34.086-03:30Being keepers for "others" is a delusion...Being keepers for "others" is a delusion we all have. My grandgirl was upset at my destruction of 60 years of journal writing. So who stores it? I don't want to re-read it. It's too private for publication and who cares. So firepit.<br /><br />XO<br />WWWWisewebwomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15281689872840844191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-84610118337638819542018-03-04T14:12:22.369-03:302018-03-04T14:12:22.369-03:30Thanks yes, this will be much appreciated. Me here...Thanks yes, this will be much appreciated. Me here, in a studio and this week, finding things to get rid of, again, but still. One thing I'm beset by is things I must keep for "someone else". Anyone here relate to that? (Your sleigh? But why? Couldn't you take a picture?)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-25618396983597513222018-03-04T12:09:09.161-03:302018-03-04T12:09:09.161-03:30let me know how it goes, Kate. Honestly I'd fo...let me know how it goes, Kate. Honestly I'd forgotten how well this one works. I do a daily reading of the Tao first and feel my mind We so focus on all the wrong stuff.<br /><br />XO<br />WWWWisewebwomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15281689872840844191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-78679628047572130682018-03-04T12:08:01.111-03:302018-03-04T12:08:01.111-03:30I haven't felt like this in a while Friko. And...I haven't felt like this in a while Friko. And I know you understand. The burden of grief and ill health and huge old millstone of a house and dog loss engulfed me. I thought I was "finished". <br /><br />And it's like that old saw, which I now believe completely: "All those doors slam shut, just look for one window."<br /><br />I found a window but had to believe I could.<br /><br />XO<br />WWW<br />Wisewebwomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15281689872840844191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-20134383072978870572018-03-04T12:04:47.746-03:302018-03-04T12:04:47.746-03:30I've had many examples around here of how a fo...I've had many examples around here of how a form of routine takes over and the day becomes a series of rituals with no fresh experiences added.<br /><br />I'm going to write about this too.<br /><br />XO<br />WWW Wisewebwomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15281689872840844191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-82752257999806398312018-03-04T12:03:20.594-03:302018-03-04T12:03:20.594-03:30I can't tell you how good it made me feel. I a...I can't tell you how good it made me feel. I am so fortunate!<br /><br />XO<br />WWWWisewebwomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15281689872840844191noreply@blogger.com