tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post1459216308867554410..comments2024-03-28T17:44:17.403-07:00Comments on The Weaver of Grass: She may very well pass for 43........The Weaver of Grasshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13947971556343746883noreply@blogger.comBlogger34125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-44713933975821517222010-01-30T22:34:35.781-08:002010-01-30T22:34:35.781-08:00An excellent post Weaver. We missed Burns night, ...An excellent post Weaver. We missed Burns night, so no haggis for me this year. I do quite enjoy it though. I played the Plaintiff in 'Trial By Jury' and I was well past 43, which struck me as funny when the judge sang that song and I was the would be bride!!BThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16800917080090010655noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-70311123131337589992010-01-24T07:13:13.385-08:002010-01-24T07:13:13.385-08:00Quiet right Gwilym - you certainly need a sense of...Quiet right Gwilym - you certainly need a sense of humour. Love that quote.<br /><br />Yes Elizabeth - a full life is a great antidote to growing old.<br /><br />Patteran - "waning limbs" oh dear that is a sad image (sad but true)<br /><br />Yes I agree - you are as old as you fell - having said this I therefore say I vary between sixteen and ninety four depending on the day.<br /><br />Thank you for the lively discussion.The Weaver of Grasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13947971556343746883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-7761751593396884732010-01-24T07:09:36.873-08:002010-01-24T07:09:36.873-08:00Thanks Pam for your comment - I shall remember to ...Thanks Pam for your comment - I shall remember to leave my glasses off next time I look in the mirror.The Weaver of Grasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13947971556343746883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-33361052123678334222010-01-24T07:08:43.291-08:002010-01-24T07:08:43.291-08:00Yes Elizabeth - the spirit never changes.
Titus -...Yes Elizabeth - the spirit never changes.<br /><br />Titus - shall think about you tonight having a whale of a Burns Night.<br /><br />Granny Sue - keep your illusions of weaver of grass - that is one of the good things about blogging - I could be an ugly old bat with a foul temper and you would never know.<br /><br />Rallentanda - I like the idea of wrinkled thinness - it makes me much happier to be a little on the plump side!The Weaver of Grasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13947971556343746883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-85981946991421007432010-01-24T07:05:22.541-08:002010-01-24T07:05:22.541-08:00Juliet - I think that sense of freedom has only co...Juliet - I think that sense of freedom has only come with the advent of feminism, don't you?<br /><br />Robyn - I think you are quite right about Burns's poetry, although it is pretty hard for us to read in dialect, I think it had immediate impact with his fellow Scots.The Weaver of Grasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13947971556343746883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-13017884316745266052010-01-24T07:03:35.393-08:002010-01-24T07:03:35.393-08:00It is worth remembering Pamela's quote "E...It is worth remembering Pamela's quote "Everything is OK as long as it doesn'g scare the children!"<br /><br />Thank you for visiting Firelight - I shall pay a return call shortly.<br /><br />Heather - just how I feel - clean and tidy and a bit of lippy for that special occasion.The Weaver of Grasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13947971556343746883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-68144277088389779632010-01-24T07:01:20.208-08:002010-01-24T07:01:20.208-08:00Steven and Ponside - thank you both for such posit...Steven and Ponside - thank you both for such positive thoughts on getting old.<br /><br />Derrick - I refuse to think of you as anything but very nice - so don't go and ruin my dreams.<br /><br />I have to say Fiona, I did not recognise you in that photo on your blog - you are much prettier than that (honest)The Weaver of Grasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13947971556343746883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-36192573519041602342010-01-24T06:59:04.574-08:002010-01-24T06:59:04.574-08:00Karen: I liked that quote very much - it is quit...Karen: I liked that quote very much - it is quite true, one does not feel any different inside (not that I have reached 85 yet - but I know what she means).The Weaver of Grasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13947971556343746883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-38815759505300191252010-01-24T06:57:55.178-08:002010-01-24T06:57:55.178-08:00When I am old I shall wear purple, as Jennie Josep...When I am old I shall wear purple, as Jennie Joseph says and I shall wear the bottom of my trousers rolled as TS Eliot says.<br />There are compensations to growing old - it is just that I can't for the life of me recall what they are at present.The Weaver of Grasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13947971556343746883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-4423453473467366542010-01-24T06:56:28.064-08:002010-01-24T06:56:28.064-08:00The answer to do I eat haggis is a Definite No. ...The answer to do I eat haggis is a Definite No. The farmer eats it and when I asked him last night what it tasted of he said, "nothing much."<br /><br />Thanks LL for reminding me to keep my head up thus not revealing my double chins - I had forgotten that.<br /><br />Has anybody got any ideas on what old age is called "the golden years" - certainly beats me.The Weaver of Grasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13947971556343746883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-40298683756595525802010-01-24T06:45:01.986-08:002010-01-24T06:45:01.986-08:00I enjoyed your pondering today. And the one thing...I enjoyed your pondering today. And the one thing we can't stop is the aging process. And I agree it is what we are inside that is most important. As far as staying young, I have a lot of young friends that keep me feeling young. I always say, "Therefore, I will be forever young!" Gigi Annhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08092019687497845746noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-85784917368806403962010-01-24T04:39:20.695-08:002010-01-24T04:39:20.695-08:00I love the way a really good blog provokes a raft ...I love the way a really good blog provokes a raft of really good comments too! And yes, know that shop window moment but remember having it when I was in my thirties too so it can't all be age.Elizabeth Musgravehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09473705107636868753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-82282960021891836592010-01-24T03:43:11.851-08:002010-01-24T03:43:11.851-08:00You're so right, Pat, about the moment beyond ...You're so right, Pat, about the moment beyond which we care no more about the image in the shop window. If I have any problems with the six-pack turning into its collective product, it's much more to do with not wanting to have to cart excess weight around on waning limbs than vanity!<br /><br />I hope you had a good Burns Night, one and all.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-35886654679817169862010-01-24T00:43:12.335-08:002010-01-24T00:43:12.335-08:00It's the contrast between the inside and the o...It's the contrast between the inside and the outside, the sense we have of being as we always were, young, that amazes me. When I was young I struggled with a wish to look older in order to be taken more seriously. <br /><br />Those days are past. Now the reverse might be the case. How sad that we get caught up in superficial appearances. There's so much more to life than aging.Elisabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04015624747225433940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-46298377418521493902010-01-24T00:10:02.447-08:002010-01-24T00:10:02.447-08:00Some comedian once said that a man is only as old ...Some comedian once said that a man is only as old as the woman he feels. Perhaps it was Groucho Marx. Or maybe it was May West. No matter.<br /><br />I think to keep our sense of humour is good medicine for advancing years. <br /><br />A lovely, thoughful post.Gwil Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03305768121713053837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-1055302319232764332010-01-23T23:52:19.082-08:002010-01-23T23:52:19.082-08:00I think the mirror is very kind, very soft-focused...I think the mirror is very kind, very soft-focused, until I put my glasses on - then kappow! I think in many ways, its a great kindness to give us failing eyesight as we age. I met my brother at his workplace for lunch a few years ago. He looked in the lobby briefly for me, then turned to go back inside his workplace, before a light-bulb moment. He came back very amused and said " I was expecting you, but all I saw was this middle-aged lady- I didn't recognize you!"Guess one could be a bit put out, but half the time we don't recognize ourselves!Also we have a song written long ago in Australia "Kookaburra sits in the old gum tree,Merry merry king of the bush is he... <br />Laugh, kookaburra, laugh kookaburra,<br />Gay your life must be".<br />Such old fashioned words that reflect the times. When kookaburras make their raucous noise, I don't know anybody these days who would exclaim "My! Doesn't that gay kookaburra sounds merry!" I enjoyed your post Weaver.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-46959838920808584792010-01-23T18:51:05.936-08:002010-01-23T18:51:05.936-08:00This is an interesting post about age.I was swimmi...This is an interesting post about age.I was swimming a few days ago in a harbour pool that I have been frequenting since I was a child.<br />When I was a child I remember seeing women of my age (now) breaststroking along,with half moon glasses and chains,rubber swimming caps, flabby prominent veined flesh, chatting away. There was something very reassuring about them.<br /><br />Now at the pool women of my age all have dyed hair(I don't see many grey haired people)reasonably toned bodies in swimmers that reveal wrinkled thinness.They don't look young...they look as if they are attempting to look young.I think it is very sad that we live in a society that recommends that old age be disguised at all costs.After all,you're only as old as you look. Isn't that how it goes these days ? I miss those old ladies.There I go again..I have already forgotten that I am one myself!rallentandahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06980559347805844568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-49071173882125982512010-01-23T18:25:17.556-08:002010-01-23T18:25:17.556-08:00I met my husband over the telephone, and not in pe...I met my husband over the telephone, and not in person until a month later when I was fascinated by him. I did not know what he looked like until then. Which is like I know you. In my mind you are graceful, thoughtful, a thinker with a kind face. If I met you in person that is what I would see, Weaver. The rest is not part of the picture.Granny Suehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01129064020727041161noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-83272813923713021822010-01-23T13:39:31.012-08:002010-01-23T13:39:31.012-08:00Yes, wouldn't it be wonderful to be given just...Yes, wouldn't it be wonderful to be given just 24 hours in which to see ourselves as others do?<br /><br />I have a certain mirror in the house which is the "acceptable face" one, and I carry that memory with me for the rest of the day!<br /><br />Have a super Burns supper (although you've left already, I suspect!), ours is tomorrow night so posting that battle poem tonight will aggravate one of my hosts considerably! <br />My last two born on the Sabbath day. No idea what day I was born on, must be a way to find out via the web. Mum gets us all confused whenever we ask!Titushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16380213493011623153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-84168311431492363112010-01-23T11:49:21.844-08:002010-01-23T11:49:21.844-08:00Yes, who is that hideous old bat in the mirror who...Yes, who is that hideous old bat in the mirror who thinks she is 8 or 28<br />or at most 38?.......<br />and the spirit within shines o bright too<br />Happy Burns night!Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03964291132366262298noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-43130074653640484942010-01-23T11:26:56.463-08:002010-01-23T11:26:56.463-08:00There are quite a few Burns night parties here ton...There are quite a few Burns night parties here tonight as well and we were just discussing why people loved Burns poetry back in the day. We concluded that his poems were simple and often spontaneous and people could relate to them.ArtPropelledhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15853722164314994360noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-91063931819445987012010-01-23T10:28:06.307-08:002010-01-23T10:28:06.307-08:00There's a certain freedom in not caring what o...There's a certain freedom in not caring what others thing, or what the mirror shows, you could never please all the people all the time anyway....Crafty Green Poethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02486633917197181851noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-37487283260029424732010-01-23T09:36:14.345-08:002010-01-23T09:36:14.345-08:00Lovely post Weaver. I'm glad I don't have ...Lovely post Weaver. I'm glad I don't have the power to see myself as others do - I might be in for a shock. I have definitely reached the age of 'what you see is what you get'! I do believe in clean and tidy and a bit of extra for special occasions! I find all the beauty and anti-ageing remedy adverts hilarious as none of the models is old enough to have a wrinkle. Enjoy your Burns' Night celebration - pity about the bagpipes.Heatherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06826501916623305535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-43994403748089160762010-01-23T09:24:21.980-08:002010-01-23T09:24:21.980-08:00Hello Weaver of Grass, please take me with you... ...Hello Weaver of Grass, please take me with you... if only in spirit...to the Burns Dinner! "Scots Wha' Hae'" & raise your glass!<br />Boy, do I ever know that..."Who-is-that-in-the-window-reflection?" kind of moment. Not that I don't like her...but she has changed! One of the marvelous aspects of blogging is that we do get a fairly consistent and honest inner image of one another, and to borrow a phrase from the sixties...there are some truly "beautiful people" here and you are certainly at the top of the list! I always enjoy my sojourn to your farm the Dales! Enjoy the evening and please give a full report later!FireLighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06807248509319526615noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-82622369777520677802010-01-23T09:17:45.758-08:002010-01-23T09:17:45.758-08:00Ooh, we sail in dangerous waters if we give too mu...Ooh, we sail in dangerous waters if we give too much thought to how we are viewed by others. Especially in the physical sense. This post made me smile. I have jumped at the unexpected sight of my reflection before myself! I suppose the old quotation of Elvis Presley might fit..."everything's okay as long as it doesn't scare the children".<br /><br />Have a rolling good time at the Burns night. Beware the haggis!!Pamela Terry and Edwardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12746603636884819522noreply@blogger.com