I agree, Lynne ! My grandma, who lived into her 80s, always referred to herself, and saw herself as, a "girl", and what a lovely, lively girl she was, always ready with a joke and going around the house singing away to herself.

There seem to be a lot of us here in this age bracket. I'm getting there next May. That 50th party I went to has made me see what a wonderful time we're all going to have in the Twilight Home, 30 or so years hence. (If there *are* any twilight homes left by then - if there aren't, the experiences camping out at festivals and living on handfuls of macrobiotic mung beans will come in very useful. Just like old times).

- jeanie (aged 17 and a bit)