March 23, 2011
Last night in dream world my grandmother and i were driving to visit my daughter who took one look at my grandmother and ran off because my grandmother was so old and ugly.
i was really mad until i took a look at my grandmother and saw that she was a skeleton and then i wasn’t mad anymore just determined to catch up with my fleeing offspring.
it’s nestling in, this idea of getting old, the slow
decline into decrepitude. i’m faced with it everyday
as my Mom slips slowly away and i see my grandmother’s face in the mirror. that’s me running in that
dream as fast as my matronly legs will carry me and that’s
not my grandmother sitting there a bundle of bones in a dress.
i’m not having a face lift or a boob lift or wearing pink velour leggings and a tank top, but i’m not looking askance at anyone who does.
i get it.
Planting Along The Verge 
I get it too. Which doesn't mean it's easy.
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I get it too. Which doesn't mean it's easy.
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“What does it feel like to be 64?” asks my 22 year old niece.
“My body is older and sometimes betrays me, but in my mind, I'm still young, I'm still 22.”
She looks as me with skepticism.
I smile and say, “You'll understand when you're 64.”
Oh, Yeah…I get it. And, as you say Ms. Moon, it's not easy.
Yo….Beautiful, beautfiul art!! Love the rich, sand-gold color with the black. Poignant, sweet-sad.
As always, thanks!
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“What does it feel like to be 64?” asks my 22 year old niece.
“My body is older and sometimes betrays me, but in my mind, I'm still young, I'm still 22.”
She looks as me with skepticism.
I smile and say, “You'll understand when you're 64.”
Oh, Yeah…I get it. And, as you say Ms. Moon, it's not easy.
Yo….Beautiful, beautfiul art!! Love the rich, sand-gold color with the black. Poignant, sweet-sad.
As always, thanks!
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I get it too. The words, the art, so poignant. But I keep looking at that old woman in your collage. She is so beautiful. She has a lifetime of stories.
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I get it too. The words, the art, so poignant. But I keep looking at that old woman in your collage. She is so beautiful. She has a lifetime of stories.
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Good Morning Allene,
I've heard this before about feeling young but I'm not feeling that!
Good thing I guess otherwise there's no telling what trouble I could get into.
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Good Morning Allene,
I've heard this before about feeling young but I'm not feeling that!
Good thing I guess otherwise there's no telling what trouble I could get into.
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Ms Moon…
not easy not nowhere close to easy!
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Ms Moon…
not easy not nowhere close to easy!
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Angella…
I love that old woman in this collage. Her posture, her tiny feet and beautiful head and the way she's holding that bag…carrying all those years so gracefully.
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Angella…
I love that old woman in this collage. Her posture, her tiny feet and beautiful head and the way she's holding that bag…carrying all those years so gracefully.
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Just dropping in to say I'm thinking of you, Scott and your daughter. The candles that were lit a couple of days ago are still burning. Take best care. L, C
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Just dropping in to say I'm thinking of you, Scott and your daughter. The candles that were lit a couple of days ago are still burning. Take best care. L, C
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thanks so much Claire!
We're just home from a short get-away that helped quite a bit.
Cheers,
Yo
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thanks so much Claire!
We're just home from a short get-away that helped quite a bit.
Cheers,
Yo
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wow…
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wow…
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