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published
1991
by Papier-Mache Press
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Hardcover, 181 pages
isbn
0918949157
(isbn13: 9780918949158)
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You may pick this up for the title, perhaps you have heard of the saying...... but read it for the wisdom contained within. How to grow up, with humility, grace and love.
Social Security (page 127)
By Barbara Bolz
She knows a cashier who
blushes and lets her use
food stamps to buy tulip
bulbs and rose bushes.
We smile each morning as I
pass her - her hand always
married to some stick,
or hoe, or rake.
One morning I shout,
"I'm not skinny like
you so I've gotta run
two...more
Social Security (page 127)
By Barbara Bolz
She knows a cashier who
blushes and lets her use
food stamps to buy tulip
bulbs and rose bushes.
We smile each morning as I
pass her - her hand always
married to some stick,
or hoe, or rake.
One morning I shout,
"I'm not skinny like
you so I've gotta run
two...more
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An anthology - photos, poetry, short stories and essays about being female and aged.
It's good to pick up and put down.
It's good to pick up and put down.
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I flip through this book when I'm feeling a bit overwhelmed with the world and the pace of life when I do not want to look towards any poems about consciousness or oneness with everything. It puts me in my place and reading some of the poems and short stories reminds me of who I might be one day and I take comfort in knowing I don't need to be there yet. I recommend this book and a cup of tea in the early afternoon in the winter with a heavy sweater. Mmmm. Just a little snippit at a time here an...more
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Read in November, 2008
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I happened to be discussing books with a lovely lady, an assistant in an art gallery in WV. The next day, she brought me these two wonderful books. This past Saturday evening, I curled up and enjoyed this book full of prose by women of all backgrounds mainly all over 50. Short stories and poems full of hope and the beauty of aging. When she gave it to me, she said "you may be too young to really enjoy it, but it's great." I loved it...I filled two pages of my journal as it provoked ma...more
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I really wanted to like this anthology, but I think its poems are lost on the young. Most of the poetry is about what it's like to be old, which is a valid topic, but not one I can really relate to. But it has cute photography. At least there is that.
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Read in October, 2008
Anthology of short stories and poems by and of the 'older woman'. Jenny Joseph's 'Warning' is an all-time favourite poem of mine so when I found this collection, I was thrilled! Good book, one that I anticipate rereading every now and then.
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Fun book. I got it years ago. Smiled. Still smile.
*nb: and by now I've learned by myself by old women wear purple, it goes well with white hair
*nb: and by now I've learned by myself by old women wear purple, it goes well with white hair
Read in October, 1993
I like what this book has done for women of my mother's generation, especially.
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Read in January, 1994
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Gretchenrecommends it for: Everyone should read every book
beautiful book, very empowering.
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Read in January, 1991
recommends it for:
women who aren't afraid of wrinkles
I can't wait to be an old broad
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