Celebrate yourself this month …
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“I have already lost touch with a few of the people I used to be,” wrote author Joan Didion once, as she pondered the passage of time.
On Jane Fonda’s 77th birthday, the actor and activist began building a shrine to her former self – school essays, mementos, books, in order to remind herself of the person she once was – the brave little girl she reconnected with via a fourth grade essay, for instance.
Significant birthdays have a funny effect on us – instead of dreading their approach, or letting them slip by without any fuss, we should celebrate them, use them as an opportunity to take stock, be grateful, or regretful, resolve to do more, less, or better … or just remember the brave little girls we used to be.
PLAYING OUTDOORS: In Kindred of Ireland’s wool coat with golden beetled leather flowers.
BROWSING: Jane Willoughby’s paintings at Art Source at the RDS, from November 15-17. www.artsource.ie.
READING: The Rose Garden (Stinging Fly, €15) a collection of short stories by celebrated New Yorker writer Maeve Brennan, with a new introduction by Angela Bourke.
…. and A Year of Living Curiously, 365 Things Really Worth Knowing (Faber, €17.99), with one mind-broadening entry per day, on science, history, literature and psychology.
GIFTMAS AT DUNDRUM: Visit Dundrum Town Centre this weekend to get a headstart on your Christmas shopping. www.dundrum.ie.
EXPLORING: Dublin Gallery Weekend, until November 10, with exhibitions and events in galleries around the city. www. caga.ie/dublingalleryweekend.
WATCHING: Small Things Like These, the film adaptation of Irish writer Claire Keegan’s outstanding novella, starring Cillian Murphy, in cinemas now.
LISTENING: to Laura Marling, Lisa O’Neill, Morgana and Rachael Lavelle (above) at Other Voices, Dingle, from November 29. www.othervoices.ie.
BOOKING: Tickets for Ballet Ireland’s Nutcracker Sweeties at the Gaiety Theatre, from November 13-16. www.gaietytheatre.ie.
THE GLOSS GALA: On November 27, more than 1,600 women will attend THE GLOSS Gala at the RDS.
SEE MORE: The November Issue Fashion Shoot