Comments on: this is 71: 29/365

By: cynthia

cynthia — Wed, 29 Apr 2015 16:51:14 +0000

AND THIS IS 61–way to go, ANNE LAMOTT!
http://www.salon.com/2015/04/10/anne_lamott_shares_all_that_she_knows_everyone_is_screwed_up_broken_clingy_and_scared/

By: cynthia

cynthia — Sun, 22 Mar 2015 21:35:04 +0000

In reply to Claire Guyton. I'm still trying to get comfortable with aging, and these two are clearly role models (Frances McDormand also born in 1957). And I love it when age does not erase personality--that's the challenge, I think.

By: Claire Guyton

Claire Guyton — Sat, 07 Mar 2015 01:23:49 +0000

I want Joni Mitchell to digress all over the place!

I liked and admired Frances McDormand already, and now she’s my favorite superhero. YES YES and YES.

What kills me is that we all judge OURSELVES so much more harshly than others. I look at the “roadmaps” on the faces of my friends and adore what I see. I think Julianna Moore and Kristen Scott Thomas and Robin Wright and Gillian Anderson are so much more beautiful now than when they were young, because they were so untouched, then, far too blank. I am horrified when I see the weird, plasticky faces of actresses begging to be cut so they might get another role–I sure as hell don’t want to look like *that*. So why, when I see the lines creeping across my own face, do I feel mournful and almost… embarrassed? Is that the word?? I think it is. How sad.

Cyn, you have now, I’m sorry to tell you, turned yourself into my role model on aging. But we both have Frances McDormand, so you should be able to carry the weight.

Lovely post.

By: cynthia

cynthia — Sun, 15 Feb 2015 22:44:16 +0000

In reply to helena sorensen. : )

By: cynthia

cynthia — Sun, 15 Feb 2015 22:31:26 +0000

Frances McDormand at 57
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NZLQ0jPcuwQ

By: cynthia

cynthia — Sun, 15 Feb 2015 22:07:34 +0000

In reply to writersideup. Been listening to her again myself : )

By: helena sorensen

helena sorensen — Sun, 15 Feb 2015 18:14:23 +0000

In reply to cynthia.

“No legacy is so rich as honesty.”… William Shakespeare 🙂

By: writersideup

writersideup — Sun, 15 Feb 2015 02:56:55 +0000

Cynthia, this is very cool. I fell in love with her music after I got out of high school (didn’t take to her before that) when a boyfriend of mine liked her and I started listening to her albums. Was blown away! I can’t believe she still smokes. And her lyrics revealed so much about her, right there it’s the beginning of her memoir, I would think. Thanks for bringing her up. Now I want to listen to her. I’ve imported all my albums to iTunes so it’s easy 😉

By: cynthia

cynthia — Sun, 15 Feb 2015 02:22:58 +0000

In reply to helena sorensen. Good for you : )

By: helena sorensen

helena sorensen — Sat, 14 Feb 2015 19:24:04 +0000

I hear you… 🙂
and wish to own the above comment…
for I most certainly…
be seeking the middle ground with aging!