With heaps of talent and a great sense of humour!

One woman I admire is Dolly Parton, I’m not keen on her music or films (although joleen is probably one of the best songs ever) but the fact she grew up dirt poor, didn’t give in to signing away her publishing rights, doesn’t give a fuck about comments regarding her appearance, has created loads of jobs in a deprived area via Dollywood, supports gay rights, and helps kids access books all over the world

She seems a like decent person

If you like reading up on Warrior queens, Antonia Fraser wrote a book of ancient to recent actual queens and political ones (unfortunately including Margaret Thatcher too) It has boudicca, zenobia, Cleopatra etc kicking the shit out of the Romans (for a while anyway)

I’ve always loved reading about Celtic life and history, they had 10 types of marriage, only 3 of which were permanent. Women could rule independently, own property, take lovers, and go into battle, a fact that absolutely horrified the Romans

Wow that would look amazing!

Burgundy hair sounds good, definitely worth a post!

I keep wanting to dye my hair something more interesting than mousey brown, but I can’t be arsed with the faff of root touch ups at the moment… last time I dyed it something fun I went for blue, and it came out a blue/black but like really black so it looked like I had Roy Orbison/Clarke Kent hair

I still keep eyeing up the red hair colour on the shelf though

For any ladies who are peri/post menopause or older and think it’s too late to start, here’s an article about some oldsters who began strength training in their 90’s!

They were able to prove that you can “…build muscle, strength and functional abilities as an older person…”

"Dorothy Tishler was 92. In her first session she lifted 17lbs with each leg. Eight weeks later, her strength had more than tripled. She lifted 60lbs with each leg. “I love it,” she told the reporter from the Jewish Advocate who visited the gym. “I have become younger. When I came here five years ago, I could hardly walk. Now I walk better than my daughter, who’s only 72.”

Resistance/strength training 💪