tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-871036377572215416.post4220898896945776939..comments2024-03-11T10:14:24.459-04:00Comments on Books, Crafts, and Other Procrastinations: Howl's Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jonesbeadgirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04545183481263349646noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-871036377572215416.post-84513554736274660522012-11-08T21:07:32.155-05:002012-11-08T21:07:32.155-05:00It's something I've been thinking about in...It's something I've been thinking about in my personal life, too. I have reached the point where I no longer turn anybody's head except Mr. Beadgirl's. It's not much of a loss, because I wasn't that much of a head-turner to begin with and because I am uninterested in doing what's necessary to look younger than my age, but I can't help but at least notice the loss as I walk amongst models, college students, "yummy mummies" (I hate that phrase), and "ladies who lunch." It's freeing, though, too. There really is more to life that having someone else think you are young and pretty.beadgirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04545183481263349646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-871036377572215416.post-79312952209717150502012-11-08T20:25:21.429-05:002012-11-08T20:25:21.429-05:00I've been thinking a lot about this - about wh...I've been thinking a lot about this - about what we value in women. I don't know if you caught Louis CK on Saturday Night Live, but he talked about how older women are untethered from caring what you think, and therefore they are awesome. And that's true, to some extent (though I know my grandmother was worried about all of that forever). I have noticed that my mom was right, you care a lot less about what other people think as you age, and I think particularly as you become a mom. Suddenly you have more important things to think about. I wish I could give that attitude as an occasional gift to younger women. <br /><br />And Emma would have looked pretty funny in helmet hair, but I don't think she would ever have forgiven us :-)Emilyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11713092722965430212noreply@blogger.com