When I thought I’d like to move from an apartment in Manhattan to a three-floor house in Brooklyn, not counting the cellar, many considered that just plain weird. Why would a woman who’s already “getting up in age” want to worry about managing stairs as she got older? What if something happened to me, they asked!
Well, what’s perplexing to one person just might be perfection to another. Which of these ladies’ ideas would fall into your Twilight Zone?
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“Be myself. All my life. Never could fit this square peg into any of those round holes.” Dianne Johnson
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“Go to where no one knows me and just live in peace. I know it's just a dream, but it's my dream. ” Darlene Chavez Gonzalez
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“Pickleball and Latin dance.” Peggy Michele
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“Do nothing.” Linda Allen-Towler
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“Decoupage my kitchen walls.” Carrie Harp
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“Drive a monster truck and smash cars!!!” Bobbie Miller
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“Snorkel at Great Barrier Reef.” Nora Dauser
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“Drive the Wienermobile.” Corine Doughty
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“Live in a tree house.” Kellie Suzanne
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“Let my grandma drive me around on a motorcycle.” Faith Crawford
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“Write thank you notes plus send cards.” Karen Carlson
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“Dive in a shark cage.” Sally Ann O'Neill
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“Gardening in the rain. Also gardening in the late evening, just before I can no longer see. It’s cool and so nice outside. Everybody else is in their homes and I am all alone. I love it.” Chris Anderson-Montgomery
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“Have a girly catch up day that doesn’t involve drinking!” Anne Thomson
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“Live on a working farm.” Karen Schmidt
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“Have a puppetry and drama school.” Laura Cartwright
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“Sunbathe in the nude. They won't consider it 'weird' but 'obscene'.” Delian Uber
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“Please please ride on a Disney float and wave to people. I’ve never felt that feeling. Seems weirdly fabulous. I’ve been practicing my wave for 60 years!!!!” Lois Trader
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“Mow grass.” Debbie Mae Taula'i
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“Speak cat language so that my cat and I could talk.” Diana Roberts
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“Dress as a bride once a month. I really want to dress as a bride at Disneyland, at the J Paul Getty Museum, at the beaches in Cancun, MX, and Las Vegas. I can probably get away with it in Vegas. I love wedding gowns. I’m always a bride on Halloween.” Lulah Linda
