Time, age and astrology are closely linked , of course. We live our lives against the "wallpaper" of planetary cycles - Jupiter's of 12 years, Saturn's of 29, and that of Uranus, nearest of all to current average life expectancy, 84 years. As one who is well along the cycle of cycles, I've often wondered whether many others in my age group have stumbled into blogworld.
I recently found a blog called "Don to Earth" written by a gentleman who is aged 93. It's a really good read, I recommend it. I was pleased to find, via links on Don's blog, that there are more bloggers from the older generations than I had envisioned. "The Ageless Project" (button on right) lists some of the older, as well as many younger, personal blog owners .
While wandering among some of the elder bloggers' sites I was particularly impressed by headers on two of them. The blog owners had constructed banner type headers showing small photographs of themselves from childhood to maturity. It's a nice idea. I've tried, with the help of He Who Knows, to cobble together something along similar lines to display narcissistically below.
From left to right, top to bottom, dates of the smaller photos are: 1939, 1943, 1948, 1953, 1957, 1970, 1980, 1998, 2004. The bigger pic, right, was taken Christmas Day 2006, the photo in my profile at Thanksgiving 2006. So it's Uranus in Taurus to Uranus in Pisces, and dawn to Twilight - in one fell swoop!
Groucho Marx said, "Age is not a particularly interesting subject. Anyone can get old. All you have to do is live long enough." He was right, but I do find it interesting to see how people develop. I found a fascinating site called "The Arrow of Time". On a certain date each year, from 1976 to 2006, this family made a point of taking and saving a photograph of each of them. The record is there to see. It's a great idea, and interesting to see how each has changed over the period of 30 years.
"Spring passes and one remembers one's innocence
Summer passes and one remembers one's exuberance
Autumn passes and one remembers one's reverence
Winter passes and one remembers one's perseverance."
(Yoko Ono, Season of Glass)
I recently found a blog called "Don to Earth" written by a gentleman who is aged 93. It's a really good read, I recommend it. I was pleased to find, via links on Don's blog, that there are more bloggers from the older generations than I had envisioned. "The Ageless Project" (button on right) lists some of the older, as well as many younger, personal blog owners .
While wandering among some of the elder bloggers' sites I was particularly impressed by headers on two of them. The blog owners had constructed banner type headers showing small photographs of themselves from childhood to maturity. It's a nice idea. I've tried, with the help of He Who Knows, to cobble together something along similar lines to display narcissistically below.
From left to right, top to bottom, dates of the smaller photos are: 1939, 1943, 1948, 1953, 1957, 1970, 1980, 1998, 2004. The bigger pic, right, was taken Christmas Day 2006, the photo in my profile at Thanksgiving 2006. So it's Uranus in Taurus to Uranus in Pisces, and dawn to Twilight - in one fell swoop!
Groucho Marx said, "Age is not a particularly interesting subject. Anyone can get old. All you have to do is live long enough." He was right, but I do find it interesting to see how people develop. I found a fascinating site called "The Arrow of Time". On a certain date each year, from 1976 to 2006, this family made a point of taking and saving a photograph of each of them. The record is there to see. It's a great idea, and interesting to see how each has changed over the period of 30 years.
"Spring passes and one remembers one's innocence
Summer passes and one remembers one's exuberance
Autumn passes and one remembers one's reverence
Winter passes and one remembers one's perseverance."
(Yoko Ono, Season of Glass)
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