Such an interesting interview, full of intriguing ideas. I'm wondering if Gretchen's "inability" to see slices of her younger self would be helped by looking at photos? I can only envision my different ages by remembering how I looked and where I lived -- visual cues.
Sari's observation about the different types of adulting she and others of her generation witnessed also happened to a lot of us born into Generation Jones. After my father ditched my mother for a former cheerleader from my high school who was only a year ahead of me --I didn't know her at the time because I had no school spirit-- my mother went from wearing dresses and heels and putting home cooked meals on the table morning and night to getting her own apartment, wearing leotard tops and parachute pants, doing shots at happy hours, disco dancing, and riding on the backs of motorcycles. The worst part was I had to take over the cooking and at the time none of us needed to lose weight.
Gretchen's book sounds interesting, and I think it is cool that she could have a podcast with her sister with the word HAPPIER in the title. If I had one with my sister, it would probably include the word EGGSHELLS.
I like how your screens blend together so well - Sari's library and Gretchen's. Also your personalities and points of view. This is such a lovely respite from political discussions.
I have been both a book and a tree, a book for the first part of my life in school and then as a young professional, and then I was a tree rooted in marriage and child-rearing, and now I am a book again, single with adult children and turning the page to one chapter after another. And going back to some chapters from the first part of my life - re-reading, I suppose, but also experiencing a return to my true self. I also feel that I am my chronological age and not another age. In fact, I am glad that I feel 58 and not another age because overall this is the age I have most enjoyed. I also really enjoyed Sandra Day O'Connor's memoir Lazy B that she wrote with her brother - your mentioning Justice O'Connor brought that to mind.
Such an interesting interview, full of intriguing ideas. I'm wondering if Gretchen's "inability" to see slices of her younger self would be helped by looking at photos? I can only envision my different ages by remembering how I looked and where I lived -- visual cues.
Yes, I have lots of photos and journals from earlier times, and that, I think, helps keep those part of me present in my mind.
Sari's observation about the different types of adulting she and others of her generation witnessed also happened to a lot of us born into Generation Jones. After my father ditched my mother for a former cheerleader from my high school who was only a year ahead of me --I didn't know her at the time because I had no school spirit-- my mother went from wearing dresses and heels and putting home cooked meals on the table morning and night to getting her own apartment, wearing leotard tops and parachute pants, doing shots at happy hours, disco dancing, and riding on the backs of motorcycles. The worst part was I had to take over the cooking and at the time none of us needed to lose weight.
Gretchen's book sounds interesting, and I think it is cool that she could have a podcast with her sister with the word HAPPIER in the title. If I had one with my sister, it would probably include the word EGGSHELLS.
I like how your screens blend together so well - Sari's library and Gretchen's. Also your personalities and points of view. This is such a lovely respite from political discussions.
Thank you!
Hello Gretchen, I’m just wondering how I can be a contributor. Thank you for what you do!
I have been both a book and a tree, a book for the first part of my life in school and then as a young professional, and then I was a tree rooted in marriage and child-rearing, and now I am a book again, single with adult children and turning the page to one chapter after another. And going back to some chapters from the first part of my life - re-reading, I suppose, but also experiencing a return to my true self. I also feel that I am my chronological age and not another age. In fact, I am glad that I feel 58 and not another age because overall this is the age I have most enjoyed. I also really enjoyed Sandra Day O'Connor's memoir Lazy B that she wrote with her brother - your mentioning Justice O'Connor brought that to mind.
love her