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Brazil's
Oldest woman - still going & clear-headed at 125 !!!!!
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This woman has seen it all and her eyes are penetratingly
serious.
at age 125 there is no bullshit or
excuse she hasn't heard. Probably a world authority
on the quirks of human psychology and behavior.
"By
STAN LEHMAN, Associated Press Writer
SAO PAULO, Brazil -
An elderly woman living in a small, wooden
shack in rural southern Brazil could be the world's
oldest living woman, according to a Brazilian
record-keeping organization.
Maria Olivia da Silva, who recently celebrated her
125th birthday, "is definitely the oldest living
woman in Brazil and possibly in the entire world,"
said Iolete Cadari, administrative director of RankBrasil,
this country's equivalent to the Guinness World Records.
Da Silva's birth certificate shows that she
was born Feb. 28, 1880 in the city of Itapetininga,
Sao Paulo state, Cadari said by telephone.
She currently lives in the small town of Astorga,
some 370 miles west of Sao Paulo in the state of Parana.
Laura McTurk, a spokeswoman for Guinness World Records
in London said by e-mail that the organization was
researching its records for any information on da
Silva. She said Guinness may have an official statement
on Friday. According to the Guinness World Records
Web site, the world's oldest woman is 113-year-old
Hendrikje Van Andel-Schipper, who was born June 29,
1890.
Da Silva, whom Cadari described as "mentally
sound and rational," was married twice and has
outlived all but three of her 14 children —
four of them adopted. "Her memory is impressive
and she loves to talk," Cadari said,
adding that Da Silva lives with her 58-year-old adopted
son, Aparecido H. Silva. "
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Whoa ...
Dolphins have a habit of making torus or donut-rings
of air bubbles and watching closely as they rise
and dissipate, they often PUSH these
donut bubbles gently with their beaks up to 25 feet.
No theories on any reason for this activity except
self-fascination, and amusement.
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Average
Album
Composite of 20,000 album covers overlaid at equal
value
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ABOVE: ZEN Lecturer and author Alan
Watts (impersonating "Bob" Dobbs)
Alan wrote:
The Way of Zen, Pantheon Books, New York, 1958.
Nature, Man, and Woman. Pantheon, New York,
1958.
This Is It. Random House, New York, 1962.
Joyous Cosmology. Pantheon, New York. 1962.
The Two Hands of God; Myths of Polarity, Collier
Macmillan, New York, 1963
Beyond Theology; The Art of Godmanship. Pantheon,
New York, 1964.
The Book: On The Taboo Against Knowing Who You
Are., New York, 1966
Buddhism, Religion of No Religion. Japan Seminars,
Mill Valley, 1965- 1968.
Does it Matter? Pantheon, New York, 1970 |
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