I'm right there with you! Who is that frizzy haired, bulbous nosed, wrinkled old broad I've become? I've been thinking lately that maybe our foremothers didn't give up so much as surrender to the more important parts of what we have to offer? At least that's what I tell myself when I look in the mirror. BTW you are beautiful in both shots! Thank you for a wonderful piece.
I bloody hear you (again!). I think we’d make good drinking buddies haha! I’ve been bemoaning the same things -- add to that podge that’s hard to shift, creepy chest, intolerance for people (in general). What a joy this is 😆 I did enjoy this. Great piece. I’m catching up on Substacks this evening hence the flurry of comments :)
It’s a tricky game. I’m so very grateful I made it and I’m not often too fussed about being fatter or more wrinkly. I am , however laughing hysterically at myself in my youth for not understanding how slim , fit and beautiful I was. Ho him. At the same time I don’t know if I’d swap that angst I had for the peace I have now 🙏
Well thank you for exercising in public! I look forward to both making it to publishing!! WOOHOOOOO!!! YAAAYYYY!!!!! YIPSKIPPIDYDOODAH!!! and more of the same ilk!!! Love from sunny sandy aired Dubai!! xxx
You write so brilliantly and open and honestly EB! Do you know which one of your books yet to be written or completed will be your next to be finished and published yet? Are these pages you write and share with us, and with whomever is lucky enough to 'stumble' upon them, guiding that decision making process in some way?
I don’t know , no. There’s two in the pipeline, I’m hoping both will make it to publishing. More than anything these pieces are a way of exercising the muscle. Thanks for your cheering x
This is so lovely, Eleanor, and so true. We feel it approaching for decades and then eventually it is THERE.
Love this: "I am on a voyage inward, having voyaged outward to my full. But what does it look like, this ageing game that I’m lucky to be playing, the alternative being to be dead?"
I'm right there with you! Who is that frizzy haired, bulbous nosed, wrinkled old broad I've become? I've been thinking lately that maybe our foremothers didn't give up so much as surrender to the more important parts of what we have to offer? At least that's what I tell myself when I look in the mirror. BTW you are beautiful in both shots! Thank you for a wonderful piece.
You are kind and generous, and yes, I think they, like we, surrendered to the most important parts of what we have to offer. I stand beside you.
I bloody hear you (again!). I think we’d make good drinking buddies haha! I’ve been bemoaning the same things -- add to that podge that’s hard to shift, creepy chest, intolerance for people (in general). What a joy this is 😆 I did enjoy this. Great piece. I’m catching up on Substacks this evening hence the flurry of comments :)
Loving your flurry of comments. ❤️
*crepey not creepy 👍🏼
Look for the gift.
It’s a tricky game. I’m so very grateful I made it and I’m not often too fussed about being fatter or more wrinkly. I am , however laughing hysterically at myself in my youth for not understanding how slim , fit and beautiful I was. Ho him. At the same time I don’t know if I’d swap that angst I had for the peace I have now 🙏
Ditto
Well thank you for exercising in public! I look forward to both making it to publishing!! WOOHOOOOO!!! YAAAYYYY!!!!! YIPSKIPPIDYDOODAH!!! and more of the same ilk!!! Love from sunny sandy aired Dubai!! xxx
You write so brilliantly and open and honestly EB! Do you know which one of your books yet to be written or completed will be your next to be finished and published yet? Are these pages you write and share with us, and with whomever is lucky enough to 'stumble' upon them, guiding that decision making process in some way?
I don’t know , no. There’s two in the pipeline, I’m hoping both will make it to publishing. More than anything these pieces are a way of exercising the muscle. Thanks for your cheering x
This is so lovely, Eleanor, and so true. We feel it approaching for decades and then eventually it is THERE.
Love this: "I am on a voyage inward, having voyaged outward to my full. But what does it look like, this ageing game that I’m lucky to be playing, the alternative being to be dead?"
Thanks Michelle!