Aphrodite - Goddess of love and beauty is still alive in Babyboomer women

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Dear Babyboomers
This is what can happen when you have grandchildren. I named her Aphrodite after she took a rather serious fall, the second in her lifetime, due to the over exuberance of my friend's grandson. I arrived just after it happened, and there was still a tear in her eye, as this has been a treasured piece from way back.
Since then we have had a couple of sessions gluing her back together; today she is starting to look good and it should only take one more session.



Needless to say, we solved the problems of the world as we meticulously pieced her together and I am reminded of the happy creative hours spent in the company of women at the Niddy Noddy as we wove our dreams and stories into the cloth.



With a trailing plant sitting on the top, Aphrodite, goddess of love and beauty, will be back, maybe not to her former glory, but loved even more for all she has been through.



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Biennale of Sydney today on Cockatoo Is

Gra and I went to Biennale of Sydney today on Cockatoo Is - fabulous venue to hold it, being very similar to the venue in Venice.   And yes, preconceived notions were challenged.! Practicing some clever shots - but still mainly on Auto - I  Love Sydney.

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Unforgettable Story of Mothers and Daughters

Dear Babyboomers
Just finished "White Oleander" by Janet Fitch. The reviews were polarised - despite the relentless difficulties encountered, I found it to be a good read and will be looking out for other books by the same author - "A Room of One's Own, "Black Warrior Review", and "Rain City Riview".

FROM - the story of the incredibly complex relationship between a self-absorbed "free spirit" and the daughter who wants nothing more than to be loved unconditionally as a child should be. When Ingrid is jailed for murder, so starts the long and rocky journey of Astrid as she moves from foster home to foster home."

AND - "An unforgettable story of mothers and daughters, burgeoning sexuality, the redemptive powers of art, and the unstoppable force of the emergent self.

TO - "Astrid must learn how to survive in this new environment, according to the laws set in each home. During this time, she latches on to the few people who bother to care about her, but with each heartbreak and each physical trauma, Astrid learns to become more and more independent. Her mother keeps a constant presence throughout the novel, as Ingrid’s frequent letters continue to work at shaping her daughter.

Through all this, Astrid attempts to figure out who she is and where she came from. Actually, she learns a lesson or two in each of the many foster homes she lives in. No need to worry if the lessons are a bit elusive: Fitch spells them out in the end of the novel in her neat and ultimately dissatisfying conclusion. The problem is that Fitch attempts to pen an ending that will please all, while seemingly ignoring the theme of survival in a cruel world that was prevalent in the rest of the novel."

I always feel a sense of loss when I finish a book which engages me, as though a friend has walked out of my life, but the good part is that now I can now immerse myself in the almost unbearably suspenseful "The Historian" by Elizabeth Kostova'.
Click link  for film review.www.youtube.com/watch?v=An6T_66uHLI
Clara
ps - be careful of those Oleanders!

Authors we love - what about you?

Dear Babyboomers
Yet again another first for this site - Books / authors we love.  Please contribute.
R wrote - One of my favorite authors is Edith Wharton. I read anything of hers I can get my hands on. She was the first woman to win a pulitzer. I just finished a short story called "The bunner sisters". Found it on my Kindle...for free. That's what I do in the middle of the night when I can't sleep. She wrote about women and life back when it wasn't the thing to do.
Born 1862 New York City
Died 1937 (aged 75)
Occupation Novelist, short story writer, designer


"Beware of monotony; it's the mother of all the deadly sins." "If we'd stop trying to be happy we could have a pretty good time."


Edith Wharton

I love having books recommended to me. Google'd Edith and like the sound of her work - life was so different for women in that era. Were the women in her books as happy/happier than women today? I'll have a look in Vinnies (St Vincents Thrift shop, where I buy most of my books, then pass them on to others. Could go to the library but I tend to take too long to read a book as I read at bedtime and nod off.


A group of women at our class, along with Chris the photography tutor, had coffee after class, during which we all confessed to being Thrift shop enthusiasts and ended up going to a "half price" sale where I picked up 'The Historian ' by Elizabeth Kostova. Looking forward to immersing myself in a captivating tale that blends fact and fantasy, history and the present. I love books which do that. 
Clara


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Feared by the Rich, Loved by the Poor - and by Babyboomer women

Dear Babyboomers
A newcomer to BB blog - movies which BB women may enjoy as much as I did.
It would be great if you could suggest other movies in this category. 
"..........Feared by the rich Loved by the poor
Robin Hood, Robin Hood, Robin Hood

It is called a 'prequel' as it concentrates on the story of how and why Robin (prefer Russell, as the name, Robin, means he may have sand kicked in his face DownUnder), became an outlaw.


Russell did us proud, even without tights or jeggings. To be quite honest, I didn't really take notice of what he was wearing in that regard, as I was totally mesmerised by all the chainmail - which MM had to help him to remove when it was suggested he took a bath. Not by her, but I don't want to give away the plot.


Maid Marion (a Denim Diva, if ever there was one), was fabulous and what's news is Russell's chivalry, Looooove that word, was in allowing himself to be upstaged so frequently by Kate's Maid Marion, especially her pronounced athleticism - Russ wasn't bad either, although I did think that he could have shown the correct way re Mouth to Mouth at the end, by turning her head sideways etc but it seemed to work, with mouth to mouth morphing into kissing. (As you do).


I look forward to the "sequel". Most of us gals/girls will enjoy this movie - with the added bonus that it can be classified as 'His choice', which then automatically, gives you the next choice.


Clara




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