Today I begin to put my thoughts, observations, opinions and memories into something more stable and permanent than my mind.
My commitment is to be truthful, fair and candid to the extent I can stand the heat. I hope this provides some interesting reading, if only for myself...
Just filled out a little of my profile, but I have lived a reasonably long and varied life, so more to come. Oddly, I didn't put in my birth year, even though (or because) I am closer to the big sic...sic...six-ooooh than I care to discuss!
Analyzing this, I can remember at least two times in my life when I was seriously out of step with society:
One, the dichotomy of my marriage and subsequent bachelorhood. 25 years is a long time. Longer still, when "free, easy and safe" love was de rigueur for single women determined to prove their equality. But what do I walk into when once again single? The specter of HIV, and justifiably skittish women - and, with nothing left to prove! Rats.
Two, I was taught to be courteous and respectful of my elders, period. And, I was a model of that for the years of my youth and beyond, only to arrive at "elder" at a time when the term has no perks, being regarded by the young almost as a disease.
So, I suppose if venerable was a working word, I probably would be proud of surviving to this wonderful time of life. As it now stands, however, I think I will continue to avoid the birth year, and go buy some haircolor...
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