Wednesday, April 16, 2008

Start wearing purple

I'm a sucker for stories about old, especially very old people; maybe it's because 3/4 of my grandparents didn't live to see me turn 13. At any rate it seems that by the time you get to be, oh, 80, 90, or 100, everything that should be softened or sharpened in you gets better.

I especially like hearing stories about old people while they are still alive, and this particular one in the NYT gave me hope. It's funny to imagine, for example, Ms. Smith reading something like The Age of Innocence decades before I ever did...and having lived through that era. Plus, if I live to see an entire century (or even a mere 94 years), I wanna be the kind of lady who takes the subway and teaches classes.

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