Happy Birthday, Jane Fonda!

Jane Fonda is eighty-four TODAY! Happy Birthday, Jane! I've written about her here before, mainly to tell you how much I admire her and that I consider her my exercise muse, role model, and guru. It's all because of Jane that I'm a fit and strong and youthful eighty-one year old. Way back in the seventies, I began working out with her when she came out with her first workout tape. And as a result I haven't stopped working out since. Of course my routines have changed. I don’t take aerobics anymore not even step aerobics. But I bet Jane does. Instead, today, I walked an hour and a quarter accumulating ten thousand steps. Tomorrow I'll add some weights. No matter what, I walk everyday. For someone eighty-one that’s quite enough. Here is Jane at age eighty-four:  I love her gray hair. Mine is gray too but not so short. Since there have been several articles out about Jane and her birthday, I found this one in Vogue which gives us a list of her best movies - the ones that made … [Read more...]

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I saw a photo of a women about my age with beautiful flowing gray hair this morning, and I felt validated for choosing to keep my hair long. As a matter of fact, I plan to tell my hair stylist to trim "just a little" at my haircut appointment this week. Seeing the picture this morning reminded me of the New York Times article by Dominique Browning that appeared on October 21, 2010. By the way, here's my latest photo - long flowing gray hair and all. Why Can't Middle-Aged Women Have Long Hair? By DOMINIQUE BROWNING MY mother hates it. My sister worries about it. My agent thinks I'm hiding behind it. A concerned friend suggests that it undermines my professional credibility. But in the middle of my life, I'm happy with it. Which is saying a lot about anything happening to my 55-year-old body. I feel great about my hair. I have long hair. I'm not talking about long enough to brush gently on my shoulder when I tilt my head. I'm not talking about being a … [Read more...]