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I have gotten so much clarity since I've become a crone. I feel like I can really SEE. Not like I can predict per se, but a clearer view and intuition about what's happening around me and in the world.
fierywoman
(7,680 posts)cilla4progress
(24,724 posts)I've suddenly become much more of a feminist, as well! More aware of the subtle ways even I've given my power over to the patriarchy. Maddening!
Peace06
(248 posts)That in FL, they call us Qtips!
alwaysinasnit
(5,063 posts)greyl
(22,990 posts)Sinistrous
(4,249 posts)alwaysinasnit
(5,063 posts)lunatica
(53,410 posts)And Im enjoying every minute of it! I look forward to every day.
PoindexterOglethorpe
(25,839 posts)KY_EnviroGuy
(14,489 posts)See: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/crone
Noun
crone (plural crones)
(archaic) An old woman.
An archetypal figure, a Wise Woman.
An ugly, evil-looking, or frightening old woman; a hag.
(obsolete) An old ewe.
(obsolete) An old man, especially one who talks and acts like an old woman.
or..............
https://www.thefreedictionary.com/crone
crone
a withered old woman
Not to be confused with: crony a close friend or companion
crone (krōn)
n.
1. Derogatory An old woman considered to be ugly; a hag.
2. A woman who is venerated for experience, judgment, and wisdom.
[Middle English, from Old North French carogne, carrion, cantankerous woman, from Vulgar Latin *carōnia, carrion, from Latin carō, carn-, flesh; see sker- in Indo-European roots.]
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Croney
(4,657 posts)Crone + crony = Croney, i.e. old woman friend. Ain't I clever.
KY_EnviroGuy
(14,489 posts)watch and see many things I was too busy to notice. Being a damned old man, I don't get many doors held.
I just let the world zoom on by.......
Are you wearing purple yet?.........
Jenny Joseph
When I am an old woman I shall wear purple
With a red hat which doesn't go, and doesn't suit me.
And I shall spend my pension on brandy and summer gloves
And satin sandals, and say we've no money for butter.
I shall sit down on the pavement when I'm tired
And gobble up samples in shops and press alarm bells
And run my stick along the public railings
And make up for the sobriety of my youth.
I shall go out in my slippers in the rain
And pick flowers in other people's gardens
And learn to spit.
You can wear terrible shirts and grow more fat
And eat three pounds of sausages at a go
Or only bread and pickle for a week
And hoard pens and pencils and beermats and things in boxes.
But now we must have clothes that keep us dry
And pay our rent and not swear in the street
And set a good example for the children.
We must have friends to dinner and read the papers.
But maybe I ought to practice a little now?
So people who know me are not too shocked and surprised
When suddenly I am old, and start to wear purple.
Credit: https://www.poemhunter.com/poem/warning
KY........... .........
cilla4progress
(24,724 posts)Nice!!
Crone power!
😂😍
Tennessee Hillbilly
(586 posts)If an (older) man may comment:
I haven't seen or heard the word "crone" in ages. Isn't it more of a pre-20th century word?