Saturday, February 20, 2021

Nearing 80 years of age.

 

At age 80, what are your expectations?

 My 78 Th birthday is quickly approaching so I checked the actuarial tables at social security as I do before every birthday. I want to see how much longer the charts say I have.

 

 

 

Actuarial Life Table

a 78 year old woman statistically has about 11 years of life left.

80 looks very close to me right now. I’m not one to hurry time; I’m pretty philosophical.

But there’s something about 80 that has had an effect on me.

As for expectations -I really don’t “future trip” either. I quit having expectations when I was in an auto accident in 1994 that completely changed my life. I had a lot of hopes, plans and expectations when I was younger but the accident, combined with my husbands death in 2004 angled me away from expectations.

I live a day at a time now. I suspect I’ll continue to live a day at a time in the future.

I live with chronic pain and never know from day to day how I’m going to feel.

Guess I really didn’t answer your question did I?

Monday, February 15, 2021

Thursday, January 28, 2021

Old Ceylon,

Ellen Wood saved to Ivory and jade carvings

Portrait of the Sinhalese King Sri Vikrama Raja Sinha (r. 1798–1815) Period:Kandyan period (1480–1815) Date:early 19th century Culture:Sri Lanka (Kandy district) Medium:Ivory with engraved and painted designThis portrait of the last Kandyan king displays his regalia of office: the six-pointed crown, a long shirt (kamisiya), a tunic (bo-hettya), and a cape (mante), over which hangs a floral pendant. He wears patterned trousers and is barefooted

 


A decorated 'lime box'  with spoon.


A chew of betel has a half  'Bulath kola', arecanut shavings, a small amount of lime and a few more spices. Chewing betel produces a sense of euphoria. The lime box is carried in one's person.


The spreading r5oots of a tree.

Women knitting lace on a 'beeralu' machine

A gypsy carrying a monkey

A young novice carrying a bowl to get  alms

A Devil dancer

A patient being exorcised

 

Thursday, January 21, 2021

South Asian activities, from pinterest.

Milking a cow with the calf standing by


Grand-mother bathing the infant

Learning to ride a bicycle

Cloth sling carrying an infant

Selection of saris worn by Indira Ghandhi

'Kangani' with his daughter and wife

How to wear a sari.

Bathing the sacred 'Lingam'