…the older I get the more serenity I find.  When I was a young feminist we called respected older women crones – that would suit me. As time passes I grow more comfortable with myself – age empowers me… I saw the film of Calamity Jane when I was ten, and it just stuck with me.  I always wanted a cowgirl suit, not one with a skirt, the boy’s one with pants.  When I see that film now the lesbian sub-text is such […]

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