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Comment on Big City Shopping a Pretty Memory by Maryl

Maryl — Thu, 18 Apr 2013 20:31:32 +0000

I remembered also getting dressed up and taking the bus to downtown Newark, NJ where there were four large department stores. We’d hit them all. It was glamorous to me. The closest I get now is shopping Sak’s and Neiman’s online by myself although I did take my daughter to the mall when she was younger but not as glamorous but the together time was sweet! Thanks.

Comment on Old Thinking About Same Sex Marriage by Tricia

Tricia — Mon, 01 Apr 2013 14:44:02 +0000

Thank you for acknowledging that we seniors are not out of the loop with our views regarding LGBT marriage. Most every senior I know is pro same sex marriage and I, too, was getting tired of hearing in the main stream media that “young” people are the ones that are in favor of giving LGBT citizens equal rights under the laws of the United States.

Comment on Old Thinking About Same Sex Marriage by Barbara Baer

Barbara Baer — Mon, 01 Apr 2013 03:09:41 +0000

terrific piece, as older person I certainly hope I’ve learned by seeing and feeling more of what others do in their lives. It’s almost as if it’s a knee-jerk acceptance by young people who now can accept various forms sexuality takes, but we should be rewarded with better press for having learned.

Comment on Old Thinking About Same Sex Marriage by Phyllis Goldberg

Phyllis Goldberg — Mon, 01 Apr 2013 03:03:39 +0000

Love your post, Susan – I couldn’t agree more!

Comment on Does This Watch Make Me Look Old? by Susan Swartz

Susan Swartz — Mon, 25 Mar 2013 18:08:08 +0000

well put, longtime friend…

Comment on Does This Watch Make Me Look Old? by Bob Woodbury

Bob Woodbury — Sun, 24 Mar 2013 14:16:45 +0000

Susan, we say “longtime” friends…

Comment on Does This Watch Make Me Look Old? by Laura

Laura — Fri, 22 Mar 2013 02:54:04 +0000

Hi, Susan:
I
I’m already on your e-list so if I’m sending you this from another address please ignore it. I’m still only one person, although I have three, no four email addresses including my SRJC one.

See how complicated things have become?

It’s the clock/watch thing. Exactly. Es la vida moderna.

I’m sitting here at a friend’s house overlooking the ocean on the Mexican coast (which is why I’m feeling relaxed enough to write you my comments) and the only light is the tiny pseudo keyboard on my iPhone.

I always used to wear a glow in the dark analog Timex with a silver metal case and a black leather band. Until recently.

The cell phone is exact and in charge, and while an almost indispensable traveling take along, it’s no watch.

You’ve got me thinking – I may change the battery in my old one when I get home!

Comment on Know Any Brave Women? by carrie tuhy

carrie tuhy — Tue, 05 Mar 2013 18:12:09 +0000

Susan,

I am always glad when I land on your site. You are a kindred spirit. I too was inspired by
Makers and posted about it. And I can think of many brave women they deserve
recognition. How about that young girl in Pakistan who stood up for educating
women and was the subject of the attack. I don’t have her name in front of me but
she deserves our salute.

Comment on Know Any Brave Women? by Susan Swartz

Susan Swartz — Sun, 03 Mar 2013 17:53:08 +0000

you’re so right penny. opening sports to women was a whole new world. and one to be protected.

Comment on Know Any Brave Women? by Penny Hastings

Penny Hastings — Sun, 03 Mar 2013 17:26:50 +0000

Great choices, Susan. I’d like to suggest another courageous woman who is perhaps the voice of women’s sports opportunities. Donna Lopiano has been a role model and steely advocate for women’s equality, best know for supporting women and girls right to participate in sports. An expert in Title IX, the law that mandates equality in education, including sports, Donna was the executive director and face of the Women’s Sports Foundation for 15 pivotal years. Donna is coming to SSU Mar. 27 to celebrate Title IX and talk about the past and present challenges to women’s rights. 7 pm Cooperage, SSU campus.

Comment on Amour With Eyes Open by Susan Swartz

Susan Swartz — Sat, 23 Feb 2013 23:41:28 +0000

hi jane: and emmanuelle riva was in Hiroshima Mon Amour which I also loved and was maybe the first foreign film I ever saw.. Amour, an important film.. I’ll be cheering for it tomorrow night for an Oscar or two.

Comment on Amour With Eyes Open by Jane Love

Jane Love — Sat, 23 Feb 2013 23:31:03 +0000

Hi,
Saw it and may go again. Loved the way music was used so sparingly (and an actual pianist played the part of the star pupil). The silence was profound and allowed such an intimacy. I realized this was the same Jean Paul T. of “A Man and a Woman” which I loved as a young woman in 1966. So seeing him old….was oddly consoling. I did not shed a tear, I was just rapt in appreciation, admiration, and recognition, having witnessed my parents. I supported everything Georges stood for.

Comment on Amour With Eyes Open by Sonja

Sonja — Thu, 21 Feb 2013 22:27:04 +0000

I went alone ready to cry buckets. I did not. I left with dry eyes and a feeling that it ended as it should. Two lovers, old, worn out, ready to go and one in charge of saying when.
Thank you Susan for your comments.

Comment on Amour With Eyes Open by Joan Price

Joan Price — Thu, 21 Feb 2013 19:28:52 +0000

Thank you for writing this. I saw Amour with a friend about my age, and afterwards we sat in stunned silence. It’s beautifully done, an important film that needed to be made. And we need to see it.

As you say, we’re now the “die-able” generation, and it won’t do us any good to put our heads in the sand about how our lives might deteriorate. I hate writing that — I usually write upbeat books about senior sex! But this, too, is reality — better to learn about it and talk about it than deny or ignore it.

Thanks for opening the conversation, Susan.

Comment on Amour With Eyes Open by Lynn Lapera

Lynn Lapera — Thu, 21 Feb 2013 16:41:44 +0000

“But life’s realities have continued. My parents and my husband’s parents are gone. We’ve moBved to the front of the line. “We are all becoming die-able,” I said after a funeral for a friend.”

Your quote rings so true. I haven’t seen the movie, but I will. When I see a frame of “Three Generations” and realize it’s not my grandmother as the oldest in that generation picture, it’s me, your “front of the line” comment hits home. I love Bob’s comment, “the point is to get old!”

Comment on Amour With Eyes Open by Terry

Terry — Thu, 21 Feb 2013 15:51:30 +0000

Hi Susan
I loved this…..very moving. I still feel a jolt when I have to pen in my age at 70 on a questionaire. To see old age at his finest, go see Quartet. I love British humor.

Comment on Defy the Big Dumb Brutes and Dance by Margaret from Roden Care Home in Telford

Margaret from Roden Care Home in Telford — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 14:22:18 +0000

What a great cause. I’ll do my best to spread the word to all of the people I know. I’m not sure how much dancing we will be able to manage but we will do our best!

Comment on Defy the Big Dumb Brutes and Dance by Teddy Kern

Teddy Kern — Wed, 13 Feb 2013 22:03:21 +0000

we’re dancing in MANHATTAN !! Raising up our arms, shaking our hips and our defiant little vaginas, with music and fierce energy, from our hearts and spirits,
part of the One Billion….and more.
Thank you for this article.

Comment on Grandma and Sneezy, Wheezy and Drippy by Susan Swartz

Susan Swartz — Sun, 03 Feb 2013 18:57:05 +0000

now all you need to do is keep yourself healthy. good going grandmere

Comment on Grandma and Sneezy, Wheezy and Drippy by Jeannette

Jeannette — Sat, 02 Feb 2013 17:40:21 +0000

My 2 year old grand daughter uses her elbow- most of the time! I am with her now and she is sick- using her elbow- right now!