We have a federal election coming up so this is all very timely.
I have been exhausted from the interviews and talks and planning and responding and dealing with those who want instant answers and telling me how to run the group in no uncertain terms and quite aggressively.
I am learning so much and was let down quite badly by one interviewer (radio) who distorted my words. He wanted me back to the studio with a few more seniors to interview but I am x-naying that due to lack of trust. Lesson learned: Tape my own audio along with theirs.
I've booked beach time with family tomorrow, it would be good to see little ones with buckets and spades and sand-castles and I will knit, as I always do, on the beach. And we will picnic.
I ordered a pink cardigan on line, on sale. Do you ever do spontaneous shopping like that? It's effortless and immediate. i thought the cardie looked lonely and realized before I pushed buttons that I didn't have a pinkish scarf (I'm a mad one for the scarves, alright) out of this enormous collection of scarves I have, so ordered another sale item: a black floaty scarf with large pink flowers. Then those charcoal grey socks looked comfy and then there was a grey bra, I'v never owned a grey bra and it matched those socks - I know irrelevant so there you have it. The basket. On its way.
I've never been a pink girlie person, never, so this should be interesting. I loved the lines of the cardie and every other colour had sold out. (Ha!). But I remember, of all things, my sister=in-law's mother wearing a lovely pink cardie over a grey turtleneck with matching grey linen pants and I thought she looked stunning.
This is inside the mind of a person completely bowled over by all that is happening around her who wants to run for the hills. But grips her computer and credit card tightly and clicks on silly things.
You gotta be careful with the media. Anyway, congrats on the Support our Seniors activist group and I wish you all success in helping elders in poverty.
ReplyDeleteI've had some experience with the media in the past Tom but you can't ever control their spin. Part of the territory. But most have been fabulous and honest in their reporting.
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Good for you , before I stopped here I was browsing online clothes catalogs.
ReplyDeleteLove the things you bought.Pretty.
I hope they make you feel revived and new.
I am one who is not a pink, girlie-girl clothes wearer either.
My mom bought me a pink top for Christmas and I told my brother...look , mom thinks I'm a girl. :)
I love that remark to your brother!!
DeleteYes something new may be nice as I am a thrift store aficionado by both desire and pocket and environment.
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AND I am a girl , by the way. Gemma is our dog.
DeleteI am not surprised that the movement is growing. It has been a largely hidden issue (except to those affected).
ReplyDeleteLove your purchases, and hope you have a wonderful time on the beach with family.
Thank you EC, governments are relying on our silence and shame so this has been totally invigorating and validating.
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When you take away all the connotations, pink is an interesting colour. Pink and grey, pink and black very interesting. I used to work with a (not gay) man who frequently wore pink shirts, he said people who thought that meant something were just being silly. I admire you for taking this on, I hope you don't get too exhausted!
ReplyDeleteThanks Annie, I know pink has a bad rep and I've never know quite why. I despise the whole girls pink and boys blue thing.
DeleteA former fiance had a pink car back in the day and there was nothing thought of it then.
It HAS been exhausting. Not too many old ladies get vocal (or swear) but hey breaking the mold is where I'm at.:D
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You sound like the perfect customer for online shopping. Pink and grey work well together. https://images.app.goo.gl/HUXod1fVBXpv5L3K8
ReplyDeleteIf the budget allows Andrew and my environmental conscious.
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Ha Ha, Andrew, I checked the link, you cheeky boy.
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Thank you Ernestine, the same applies to you.
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Andrew I checked your link. Dat me!!!
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I've ordered shoes on the spur of the moment so I understand.
ReplyDeleteIt's a kind of sedative, right?
DeleteI feel slightly foolish but much less stressed.
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I can see you in pink, black scarf floating. The unstoppable force. Keep strong! Carry on.
ReplyDeleteThank you Joanne. I like that. Girding for battle.
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Sometimes I shop like you describe, one thing leads to another. The scarf is fantastic and will look ideal with the cardigan.
ReplyDeleteIt will, won't it? A shame I can't show off the bra but if I button up the cardigan to just so......I might get away with a wee slice of it and the matchy socks.
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I love the scarf, it will go nicely with the cardie and like your sister-in-law's mother a grey turtle neck and pants, add grey boots and you have the whole outfit.
ReplyDeleteI know it and the thoughts are so ladylike they are alien to me.
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The cardi and scarf will be stunning. I like them a lot.
ReplyDeleteWith your seniors thing, It seems the zeitgeist is with you. And so it should be
It is amazing and profound and humbling Kyli, fingers crossed we can sustain the momentum. My partner in crime worked 8 hours yesterday and is in pieces. So recuperating. It is so effing unfair that handicapped and 74 she put in 8 hours of physical labour to pay her measly bills.
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Cardi and scarf make a lovely set, the picture tells me so. I am glad that you found the time and inclination to treat yourself, we all need to do that occasionally. And, of course, you are going to be in the public eye, a lady has to make an effort! 😁
ReplyDeleteBest of luck with that. I wonder if we have similar in the UK? You are also quite right not to trust interviewers entirely.
The reliance on old sick and silent people to shut up and starve and cut back on heat while they do so is what triggered this whole movement Friko. It is a global crisis for senior single women who donated 8 trillion dollars in free labour to the world economy.
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candle does not burn bottom of cup but I use small thick oriental cups
ReplyDeleteGood to know, I need one for my office, I have thick mugs too (not including my face Ernestine, tho you could *smile*)
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I am glad for you that the Seniors movement has gathered momentum and that some thing good is likely to come out of your efforts. All the very best to you and your team.
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Too bad that guy distorted your words. I love your clothing choices.
ReplyDeleteI know you can't trust the media. All about headlines. And yes, I am looking forward to receiving them. Thank you.
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And the beat goes on...louder and stronger....good goin' WWW!
ReplyDeleteI love your on-line buys. I do most of my shopping online - in our town there are no decent stores for what passes for fashion (for me). I've been having a yen for something pink recently - as long as it's not too shocking a pink - your cardi is just the right shade, and you found just the right scarf to match!
I guess that, with so many people becoming involved in your cause one way and t'other, there are bound to be one or two who might get on your last nerve ending - but I feel sure that you know how to manage those types. :) Hope you had a lovely beach day.
I did, the littles made it loads of fun too, doing all the things I did as a child, adventuring and building and exploring with the simplest of things like sticks and rocks. It honestly felt like a few days off.
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You are a true wonder. I really, really admire your intelligence and grit. xo
ReplyDeleteAh shucks, I better not let that go to my head. You should see me some days, drained like a swamp and looking like one too!!!
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There must be an awful lot of people trying to escape all the dire happenings in the outside world by resorting to harmless pursuits like shopping. The scarf and cardigan are lovely.
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I've been reading through your May essay, which I missed since I don't check in regularly. Very well said. I do know as I said elsewhere there are some helps, but how much, how you get to apply, if your application is accepted and how loooong that takes to appear in your bank account (just put ice on that tooth)--it took me 18 months to get what's called Seniors Benefits, here, which makes some of us eligible for a percentage of some eye glasses and some dental care. For example I recently had a filling replaced which cost me around $80, and for which SB paid $400. person. Hey how much longer can I live anyway? For eyeglasses I can access a maximum of $230 once every three years. It's not cumulative if you don't use it every three years. ROTFL my eyeglasses this week cost $800 something, and well-paid heads will be set to work to decide if I deserve something less, or the whole magnanimous amount. It would be useful to compare province to province. However you have to be a Sherlock Holmes to find what you are eligible for. With those dying eyes. I have seen articles about the best country (state) to be a senior in, implying we should all move there? Our healthcare system is just NOT universal. I have another bone: we all grew up in a culture that looked down on those who needed help and we to some extent, all of us, carry a bit of that, onto others, and onto ourselves. You heard the politician; it will be decided on an individual basis, you cringing before them like little Oliver asking for more. Ingrate.
ReplyDeleteSorry. One eye editing: "It took me 18 months to get what's called Seniors Benefits, here, which makes some of us eligible for a percentage of some eye glasses and some dental care. For example I recently had a filling replaced which cost me around $80, and for which SB paid $400."
ReplyDeleteThe tooth was so badly decayed under the old filling (done in the '60s) that it required a crown, not a new filling, but gov would not pay for a crown for senior. "Hey how much longer can I live anyway"? I know we can all cite instances after instance, and it really doesn't matter where we live: we don't have private insurance because (Mary's essay on old women). Laughing to myself as I type this, with tears on my face. Ex/deceased told judge "she did not contribute to my career". So I had to spend about $16,000 to get about 10% of his pension, ceded to me by his pension fund, not his lawyer or the judge. So, I did get something and am luckier than some women, BUT, because of what I got from his pension...I get almost nothing from seniors universal. I end up on the same square. I recall hearing young mums on welfare saying if they worked they ended up with less. So they didn't work. LAZY cry the hordes.
In comments I read 'whadaboutthemen". We all know men make more money than women. Please don't bother to cite that one exceptional woman you heard about, somewhere, once.
ReplyDeleteAlso, when I did the research I was told by women who work at these stats: as far as charity money goes, it's like this, for donated money, by gov or public.
Children's charities.
Homeless shelters (which are primarily men.)
Women with children
Women.
We get the least. Some women's charities get nothing from gov. Some are beseiged for their very existence. What are we? Shamelss sluts.