Claiming the Crone
Friday, January 7, 2005 This is a new experience. Would never have even thought of trying a "blog", except it's nearly quittin' time at work, and I am, for once, almost nearly caught up with everything I need to do for this week. What is "claiming the crone"? What is a "crone"? Most people would think of an old, shriveled up, pruney great-grandmotherly type, sitting quietly in her rocker, in the corner, quiet and unnoticed, except perhaps when she turns out a new pair of socks or a tea cozy with her knitting needles. Not so! A crone is a powerful woman, full of the deep wisdom of life experience, the joys, the sorrows, the tragedies. She has experienced love and loss and emerged from both stronger, wiser and better than she was as a young maiden. Who says youth is wasted on the young?? Who says a crone isn't "young"? I call on all women over the age of 40 to claim their crone, to be vivid and vibrant as the years pass, to rage a...