"All the Hues
That Fit, We Tint"

Siberia, USA: Today, global warming. Tonight, dark, unless you count the stars. Tomorrow can be reached via time machine. Yesterday, who can remember that far back?

Websafe Studio, blogging since 2003, featuring art, comics, digital whiteboards, virtual characters, Web design, writing

Wednesday, June 14, 2006

 

Roles for Single Women Between 50 and Death

acquaintance, buddy, old friend;

auntie, surrogate granny, surrogate mom, surrogate sister;

babysitter (unpaid);

bag lady;

bridesmaid;

busybody, gossip, snoop;

confidante, go-between, second fiddle, sidekick;

crone, prophetess, sage, seeress, sorceress, witch;

chaperone, duenna;

do-gooder, volunteer worker;

eccentric, recluse, town character, wacky neighbor;

fifth wheel, old maid, spinster, wallflower;

harpy, martinet, old bag, old bat, old battleaxe;

little old lady, middle-aged woman, old woman, woman of a certain age, woman of mature years;

nun;

onlooker, spectator, tourist;

schoolmarm, teacher