Rolling Stone Ron Wood's ex, Jo: "I wouldn't mind getting married again..but he'd have to live in a tent in the garden."

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Really enjoyable interview in The Independent

https://www.the-independent.com/arts-entertainment/books/features/jo-wood-midlife-weight-loss-jabs-book-b2777472.html

with Jo Wood, much of it about her new novel. (Wikipedia article on her: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jo_Wood ) The line in the thread title made me laugh out loud.

Wood is a picture of later life contentment – in her prime, fully in her power. Confident, warm and witty, she is passionate that women in their fifties, sixties, seventies and beyond “are not done yet. I want them to understand that there is so much good life still to come. To tell a different story about what they can do, what their lives can be. We never know what is around the corner,” she adds.

Her new book, written largely on her phone on the notes app, is titled The Resurrection of Flo. It is the story of a faithful wife and mother who discovers, aged 54, that her husband has been having an affair for three years with a 23-year-old (readers may recall that Rolling Stone Ronnie left Jo, then 52, for a 19-year-old). But she knows she’s far from alone in that experience.

Like most of us DUers, she's glad to have been a baby boomer, and worried about what smartphones have done to younger generations.

We chat about prom season as her granddaughter is going to hers this week: “She’s got a prom and a prom afterparty – I’m interested to see how and if they can interact in real life because they are always on their phones. That’s a big difference: their communication skills aren’t as good, and Gen Z’s concentration skills aren’t as good. Take my grandson Kobe downstairs; he doesn’t like to watch movies because he’s used to short clips on his phone so the movie’s too long. Phones are making their attention spans much shorter.”

She smiles affectionately, her eyes twinkling. “We all need to get over being defined by our age. I love being 70. I feel the same in my mind, inside me, as I did when I was 16, I am the same person except for some crabby bits on my arms. It makes me realise I didn’t appreciate myself or my body when I was younger. I say to my grandchildren all the time how beautiful they are. I am so proud of them.”

The article mentions that she lives in an off-grid, eco-friendly old farmhouse, but it isn't primitive:

https://www.homesandgardens.com/house-design/worlds-best-homes/jo-woods-farmhouse

https://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/inside-jo-woods-stunning-eco-29719588