I was told I wasn’t supposed to be fierce, seditious or demanding.
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I’ve decided that as I age, rather than becoming contemplative and introspective, to become more disruptive, seditious and boisterous instead. Valley Village is a neighborhood in the city of Los Angeles in the San Fernando Valley and one of the 272 neighborhoods in Mapping L.A., the Los Angeles Times’ resource for boundaries, demographics, schools and news within the city. Let’s face it: It’s about as likely that I’ll become calm, serene and dignified as I age as it was that I’d be prim, proper and sweet in my youth.Those were always lovely fantasies — for somebody else. The Kanawha Valley Village People are ‘adventurers in aging’ writes Douglas Imbrogno of the Charleston Gazette in his article September 21, 2013.
Wednesday, August 12, 2020. I’ve lived my life with enthusiasm, courage, raucousness and passion. But I don’t plan to “carry,” “rely upon,” or “make occasional use” of a cane, but to brandish it. It’s one of those areas of expertise that takes at least 10,000 hours to learn.After a certain age, you finally become the indisputable authority on the subject of yourself.It’s absurd to think that you’re then supposed to spend all your time sitting quietly while people tell you dull stories about their kids (whom you don’t know), their dogs (who have a limited range of talents, although often cuter and less self-involved than their kids) or their gall bladder surgery (more engaging than either offspring or pets).Is it simply a lack of imagination that makes us view old age as a time of life when people are mostly worried about what will get stuck in their trachea? Subscribe Today!