I do not know quite what happened or when , but my hubby and I now qualify for seniors' discounts at some venues. This creates a quandary; in order to save money, but not face, we have to admit to our age. HMMMM..... We definitely do not consider ourselves to be old. In this day and age ,when people as a whole are living longer and healthier lives why are 'young seniors', those in their fifties, like moi, considered 'old'?? It's so true that age is just a perception! "Maturity" is very objective/subjective, and I object! Whew, a few years have skittered by since I composed this biography block. Those "fifties" are in the rear view mirror and they are distant, fond memories. Oh, I do not plan to stop writing any time soon.
Very nicely written. I am a big communicator and if more people would put forth a better effort, it would be a better place. Little acts of kindness truly goes a long way. You have identified it well. I can feel your sincerity coming through your writing. I would like to see more of the younger crowd helping or being involved with the older folks. I know my day goes better when someone has said hi or gives a waves.
I don't care for dark British/Dutch humor. Dislike Monty Python as well. Give me a bittersweet French or Japanese movie or a sad Portuguese song. I'm more introspective.
You were very fortunate. I never really fell into anyone's arms.
I need to reassess my needs. My 'romantic' efforts in Thailand had limited success.
A washing machine is an accurate descriptive for how your body is pummeled with each wave as you're drawn down and then pushed up again. I've been a dozen times and if my shoulder wasn't like it is I would gladly go again. I'm like you very familiar with canoes and kayaks although my preference is a kayak on lakes. I used to take mine out with a small cooler bag with lunch inside and water. My other bag was a dry bag, it held my camera in addition to whatever book I was reading. If my brain was functioning I had sunscreen, depended on my coffee intake for sure. We must have been fish at one point in our life.
I agree with you about the aurora borealis, I don't dare blink. They're just so glorious in color and the way the air feels as you stand there awe struck. I'm equally glad these calories don't count, I feel like I've eaten enough for two people maybe three.
I've wondered the same thing when I read about all the discoveries documented and brought back by ship. Paper that didn't crumble or mold from all the temperature variances.
I'm not as comfortable storing things in the cloud myself, I have external hard drives that I transfer data too and then disconnect from my computer so it is hack proof. Not that I really have data anyone would want but it is personal to me.
But then I think about the close living quarters on a ship how did anyone have room for storage to bring back? Darwin was indeed lucky on the HMS Beagle.
Write about your earliest memory. Try to describe it in as much detail as possible. Memory is fluid. It ebbs and flows. It shimmers and shape-shifts. Sometimes it's murky. Sometimes it floats to the surface unbidden and then it meanders in slow-moving circles. Memory may be a nagging snippet of loose thread pulled from a snagged sleeve. Has a hole been formed? How? Where is that sleeve? When did this happen? Why this thread, this sleeve? Some memories burst forth as blinding flashbacks, all kinetic energy and echoing noise. Burned gunpowder assaults the nose. I squint in the brightness. Sunlight dances and glimmers all around me as I try to touch it. Something tickles my chin. Warmth caresses my cheeks, and my hair is tugged and tousled. I am seated and struggling to maintain my balance. A force nudges me, pushes me, rocks me. I kick my bare feet and a grittiness scrubs my toes. With some effort, I reach down to squish this new roughish texture between my fingers. Raising my bare arm water droplets plink down onto my upturned forehead and I blink as they trickle from my eyelashes and down my cheek. I strike the cool water churning it into mini waves. I am splattered by wet splashes, plonks, splats, ker-plunks. There, my earliest memory is of me becoming and enjoying being a water baby. I've never feared or disliked water.
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