Joyce Tenneson, photogra[her, imo, has done more than anyone to promote and honour true beauty in older women, esp. through her book Wise Women which a Mudcatter sent me when it came out in 2002. You may click on the images link and read the women's words and see the photos. She also has many more books with incredible photography. She also has one of Amazing Men.

I used to dye my hair because I identifed with my natural red so much; I missed it as it faded, but these days I have decided I'd rather have it long, if I colour it, it has to be trimmed too often adn it is harsh on my hair. I've thought of keeping it short and red, ala Lucy (not her shade, though!) but short hair just isn't me.

When I was younger I worked in Health and Beauty Aids in a store and I had fun checking out all of the different products, though I did not use very many of them. I did use a lot of different kinds of rollers to try to get some curl in my hair, besides sleeping with the ends rolled up in sock strips.:-) Never worked...I couldn't sleep with them in and they looked funny anyway. My 16th b-day was very memorable in that electric rollers were the new thing and my parents bought me set. I was thrilled and they still work to this day, though I very rarely use them. Straight, longish, very fine and thin with a white strip in front and white, gray, reddish something in the rest. That's me.