Happy Another Birthday, oldest living Kossack, Charlotte Lucas!

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Wednesday November 23, 2011 · 11:47 AM PST

2011/11/23 · 11:47

Charlotte turns 98 today, and she's still blogging. The quintessential narrator of our cultural and political past, nobody on the web outcharms her. Just read the comments from any of her diaries. She has groupies! And young male Kossacks swooning over her. Her daughter, emmet, has pointed this out to me with great delight and concern.

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Sunday December 26, 2010 · 8:10 PM PST

2010/12/26 · 20:10

Almost exactly a year ago I wrote my first and only diary here about my 93- year-old mother who was descending into dementia. I told how we moved her to an independent living facility in October, a month before my 57-year-old sister died from cancer. I also mentioned that since I had just retired after 37 years of teaching, the daytime caregiving was often falling to me. My sibs came through on afternoons and weekends. At the time, I was so in need of comfort and advice I diaried it here.
The response took me totally by surprise. Empathy, wisdom,and quality advice. The Kos community was a tonic for the soul. I just re-read the comments from a year ago and was struck by how prescient the discussion was.
I've decided to update the story in case any of my commenters ever wondered what happened, and just because I feel like it.

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Saturday January 02, 2010 · 12:46 PM PST

2010/01/02 · 12:46

I’m a daily DailyKos reader and until now have only been a lurker. But because this is the winter of my discontent, I’ve decided to jump in. My sister-in-law Nancy introduced me to DailyKos a few years back to take the sting out of the Bush years. Nancy’s mom is the delightful 96-year-old Charlotte Lucas of Kos travel diaries fame.
So, why am I blogging now and why not about politics? It’s because I find myself unable to concentrate on the world’s larger problems which have been a passion with me for decades, and from what I've read I've come to see that Kos people are smart and compassionate and perhaps can give me a tip or two...

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