tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36832112.post5106607647578581633..comments2023-12-21T06:43:44.756+00:00Comments on Elderwomanblog: Feeling One's AgeUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36832112.post-2370893651677587582009-01-10T20:17:00.000+00:002009-01-10T20:17:00.000+00:00Hi Marian,What a great column. A good reminder of...Hi Marian,<BR/>What a great column. A good reminder of the subleties of ageism, but way more than that. Your words about the year past and memory read like a fine poem.<BR/><BR/>Blessings,<BR/>Sharrysharrybhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15762188978014791947noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36832112.post-23386026340368710182009-01-09T08:31:00.000+00:002009-01-09T08:31:00.000+00:00I love this post - although I am younger at 36, I ...I love this post - although I am younger at 36, I really get what you're saying.<BR/><BR/>By the way, you commented on my blog about a year ago, so I've been following your posts since then. I finally got around to getting your book with some Christmas money and couldn't wait to start reading it. It's such a yummy read - I hope you don't mind me borrowing a line from page 10 that inspired the Nikhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15723737293799500326noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36832112.post-84654304650942975742009-01-07T08:29:00.000+00:002009-01-07T08:29:00.000+00:00Happy New Year! I guess we say we feel younger th...Happy New Year! I guess we say we feel younger than are age because we assumed we would feel much older by the time we made it up this big old hill!!<BR/>Actually after this year with the cancer and chemo I was beginning to feel my age. Glad to start a new year and put all that crap behind me and get back to my old-young self!PEACEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03408966166176683628noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36832112.post-52098965192171816602009-01-05T09:41:00.000+00:002009-01-05T09:41:00.000+00:00Thanks for these great comments.Yes, as you say lo...Thanks for these great comments.<BR/>Yes, as you say loneliness is one of what William Thomas calls the 'three plagues' of old age - the other two being helplessness and boredom. I am currently reading his inspirational book 'What Are Old People For?' and it is brilliant. Definitely a recommended read.Elderwomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04530790093497478269noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36832112.post-80748663554823898362009-01-04T22:17:00.000+00:002009-01-04T22:17:00.000+00:00Marian, love what you are doing with your blog and...Marian, love what you are doing with your blog and other online efforts. There is a tremendous amount of work to be done both in the online and the physical worlds, regarding agist attitudes. <BR/><BR/>Also, the plight of many older women is one of loneliness as they lose their mates, and find themselves isolated, and vulnerable, in the emptiness of their homes, or retirement dwellings. If the Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36832112.post-36897682777452378132009-01-01T15:52:00.000+00:002009-01-01T15:52:00.000+00:00Good thoughts....Thank you and Happy New Year!Good thoughts....<BR/>Thank you and Happy New Year!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36832112.post-66523719350631428092009-01-01T13:46:00.000+00:002009-01-01T13:46:00.000+00:00Happy New Year, Marian. I find it amazing how eas...Happy New Year, Marian. I find it amazing how easily the negative attitudes toward age that permeates modern society can infect me with its darkness. Every now and then I have to pull myself up and ask why my age has suddenly become such a millstone in my mind. When I do I find that I am as curious, ambitious, and full of anticipation as ever. If not more so. I don't normally make resolutionsMaryContraryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16350460293199385621noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36832112.post-60625506081808814752008-12-31T16:40:00.000+00:002008-12-31T16:40:00.000+00:00A very happy new year to you as well!I thought of ...A very happy new year to you as well!<BR/>I thought of you the other day. I was stopped in our local shopping centre by a woman carrying out market research about the centre. Being in an unusually festive mood I agreed to answer her questions. (I fear I was a terrible disappointment to her because I told her I hated shopping there, it was a soulless place and I tried to visit as seldom as Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com