Hard as it may be to imagine, Joyce Maynard, famous for the article pictured above, turns 65 today. Hers, and mine, was the generation, I naively thought at the time, that would remain young forever and never age. But Joyce got older, and so did I. Now, she is 65, and while I turn 64 in just 13 days (a thought that scares me, as that was the age my mother died), in another year after that, I will turn 65.
As a peer I followed Joyce, sometimes agreeing, sometimes not, with her. Interesting some have called her 1972 essay "neo-conservative," because I never thought Joyce a Right Winger. Far from it.
Joyce found her voice early. I found mine late, in 2007, with this blog, though I never stopped searching, until I realized I had fulfilled the search at last.
So, a Happy Birthday to Joyce Maynard! And many more!
Will there soon be another piece about being 65? I would not be a bit surprise!
Back at ya, Joyce!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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