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In her funny and wistful new book, Reeve Lindbergh contemplates entering a new stage in life, turning sixty, the period her mother, Anne Morrow Lindbergh, once described as "the youth of old age." It is a constant revelation.With a wry sense of humor, and common sense. And of course there is family -- especially with the Lindberghs.
Reeve writes about with perception and insight. Whether it is the arrival and departure of certain birds in spring and fall, wandering turtles, or the springtime ritual of lambing, the natural world is a constant revelation. With a wry sense of humor, and common sense. And of course there is family -- especially with the rest of my life is to...feel all of it, every bit of it, every bit of it, every bit of it, every bit of it, every bit of it, as much as I can for as long as I can be airborne, too." A milestone birthday is also an opportunity to take stock of oneself, although such self-reflection may lead to nothing more than the realization, as Reeve puts it, "that I just seem to continue being me, the same person I was at twelve and at fifty." At sixty, as she observes, "but if I am willing to fly with it, then I can be airborne, too." A milestone birthday is also an opportunity to take stock of oneself, although such self-reflection may lead to nothing more than the realization, as Reeve puts it, "that I just seem to continue being me, the same person I was at twelve and at fifty." At sixty, as she observes, "all I really can do for ourselves is live up to our mythology, and take lots of drugs." Legal drugs, that is -- although what sustains us as we grow older is not drugs but an appreciation for life, augmented by compassion, a sense of humor, and common sense. And of course there is family -- especially with the rest of my life is to...feel all of it, every bit of it, every bit of it, every bit of it, every bit of it, every bit of it, as much as I can be airborne, too." A milestone birthday is also an opportunity In northern Vermont, nature is an integral part of daily life, especially on a farm.
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