tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8543791724360701278.post6866106386086207299..comments2011-11-08T18:43:34.373-08:00Comments on I'm Retired - What Next?: When I Grow Old I Shall Wear RedGerriMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09811382205570814518noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8543791724360701278.post-24264919814380625322009-08-18T16:50:54.104-07:002009-08-18T16:50:54.104-07:00Deanie, reading this immediately took me back to t...Deanie, reading this immediately took me back to the first chapter in Russell Baker's book "Growing up." Baker the long-time columnist for The New York Times used the first chapter in his book to describe his 80 year old mother who "traveling among the dead decades with a speed and ease behond the gift of phyical science." Baker is a gifted writer and an important American satirist whose retirement from the "Times" i'll never recovery from. writes in that first chapter that his mother once phone him and asked if he was coming to her funeral which was to take place that day. "I'll phone you back," he said and hung up. When he did call back she had no memory of her call.<br /><br />Reading your post made me go back to read that chapter of Baker's book and I found that your description is all as lucid as his.<br /><br />HoraceHorace Munginnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8543791724360701278.post-12551362566420906502009-08-15T12:18:04.611-07:002009-08-15T12:18:04.611-07:00Blase: Hopefully this will not become like Atlant...Blase: Hopefully this will not become like Atlanta. I like it a lot more. Less traffic and more friendly people. See you here?GerriMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09811382205570814518noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8543791724360701278.post-20760311791880406292009-08-15T12:16:59.494-07:002009-08-15T12:16:59.494-07:00Good to hear from you, Vonnie. This is definitely...Good to hear from you, Vonnie. This is definitely a journey and I'm loving every minute of it, as I know you are also. No rocking chairs for us, huh?GerriMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09811382205570814518noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8543791724360701278.post-1157008096914145612009-08-15T08:47:43.986-07:002009-08-15T08:47:43.986-07:00I love your blog.
I too will continue to wear ag...I love your blog. <br />I too will continue to wear age appropriate make-up because I love how wearing make-up makes me feel. I just bought new glasses and I tried them on with an eye to (get it, "eye to") how they look with my eye make-up. I won't wear expensive jewelry because, well you know, I don't have any.<br />VonnieAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8543791724360701278.post-65647060461443329222009-08-15T08:16:07.983-07:002009-08-15T08:16:07.983-07:00Y'all ended up in NC...of course you did, does...Y'all ended up in NC...of course you did, doesn't most everybody?<br /><br />Smart!Blaséhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08297191177174465494noreply@blogger.com