Comments on: New and Improved! http://www.fiftyisthenew.com/2008/05/23/new-and-improved/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=new-and-improved Girl-friendly points of view from women living midlife with humor and grace, keeping it real—staying young and healthy in heart and mind. Sat, 04 Feb 2012 01:30:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: Wendy http://www.fiftyisthenew.com/2008/05/23/new-and-improved/comment-page-1/#comment-106 Wendy Tue, 27 May 2008 15:47:45 +0000 http://www.fiftyisthenew.com/?p=118#comment-106 Cathy - what really got me in this post was the extraordinary term "stage freight." It took my breath away. By adding an "e" to fright, whether intentional or accidental, you referenced (in this amazing psycho-poetic way) the emotional baggage we all bring to our public personae, the "performance" of being women in a culture that idolizes images of youth, the inherited physical task of carrying ourselves and our families -- like a baggage allowance -- through stages, doorways, passages. A crazy beautiful slip of the keystroke. Cathy – what really got me in this post was the extraordinary term “stage freight.” It took my breath away.

By adding an “e” to fright, whether intentional or accidental, you referenced (in this amazing psycho-poetic way) the emotional baggage we all bring to our public personae, the “performance” of being women in a culture that idolizes images of youth, the inherited physical task of carrying ourselves and our families — like a baggage allowance — through stages, doorways, passages.

A crazy beautiful slip of the keystroke.

]]> By: Connie http://www.fiftyisthenew.com/2008/05/23/new-and-improved/comment-page-1/#comment-105 Connie Fri, 23 May 2008 20:53:30 +0000 http://www.fiftyisthenew.com/?p=118#comment-105 It doesn't take courage to do things that don't scare the hell out of you, right? In any invention, you are always an inspiration. Love you, beauty. It doesn’t take courage to do things that don’t scare the hell out of you, right?

In any invention, you are always an inspiration.

Love you, beauty.

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