The rural people of Calabria, in southern Italy, live an unusually long time. The average global lifespan is about seventy-two years, but the residents of this sunny, mountainous peninsula often live into their nineties and beyond — and they suffer less from ailments like dementia and heart disease that typically affect the elderly.

Granny on Getting Old I never remember Granny getting old, nor can I remember her as young. Granny was always…well, just Granny. Ageless with her white hair, which appeared at the age of 30, rotund…

William Gedney, Grandmother in rocking chair, looking out window, ca. 1958

Radiant luminous "crone" woman. During ancient times the crones hags and witches were frequently sages leaders midwives and healers in their communities and were revered for their wisdom and knowledge. As history evolved and a patriarchal society took hold the definitions of the crone (the crowned one) the hag (the holy one) and the witch (the wise one) were distorted. WILD WOMAN SISTERHOOD Embrace your purest self #wildwoman #respectourelders #cronewoman #crone #elder…