On Oct 23, 2005, at 14:04, C. Johnson (Susie) wrote:
I send this only in the interest of accuracy. We are not all lacing
widows.
Personally, I have to admit to being married.
I am too, and hope to remain so for many more years. But...
Jenny Barron wrote:
how about Grande Dame? When I googled it most of the entries had
something to do with Champagne - now I could handle that!
While I have nothing against Champagne, there's nothing "grande" about
me - in any sense of the word, and I've never heard of "petite dame" :)
And Jeri Ames wrote:
My American dictionary gives two definitions for "dowager".
The first, you know - "A widow holding property or a title from her
deceased
husband." The second - "A dignified elderly woman."
While I admit to being elderly (get a senior citizen discount at
Kroger, don't I?), I disclaim the "dignified" bit; who? me?
dignified??? Give me a break... <g>
OTOH... there's "black widow", which is a spider... A "spider" is also
known as an "arachnid". Which name is derived directly from Arachne -
the mortal who challenged the goddess Athena to a weaving competition
and who's the patroness of both weavers and lacemakers (hence the name
of our list). And I've been a member of our Arachne-list for quite a
while; the long-standing commitment may even have given me some dignity
:)
Obnoxiously yours (if we're to count in lacemaking years, I'm 16.5.
Almost adult when I was growing up, but a mere - and annoying - child
nowadays)
--
Tamara P Duvall http://t-n-lace.net/
Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland)
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