Opinion It’s not so ‘terribly strange to be 70’By Anne LamottContributing columnist|Follow authorFollowApril 10, 2024 at 5:45 a.m. EDT (Video: Andrea Levy for The Washington Post)Listen7 minShareComment on this storyCommentAdd to your saved storiesSaveI turned 70 today, a young age for an older person to be, but it is the oldest I have ever been by a long shot. It has been well over six decades since I learned in arithmetic how to carry the one, and the rest has sped by like microfiche.Share CommentsPopular opinions articlesHAND CURATEDOpinion|The New York trial is wearing down Trump — and it showsMay 7, 2024Opinion|The New York trial is wearing down Trump — and it showsMay 7, 2024Opinion|Brittney Griner: The day I landed in Russia and wound up in prisonEarlier todayOpinion|Brittney Griner: The day I landed in Russia and wound up in prisonEarlier todayOpinion|Read Vladimir Kara-Murza’s Pulitzer Prize-winning commentary on RussiaMay 6, 2024Opinion|Read Vladimir Kara-Murza’s Pulitzer Prize-winning commentary on RussiaMay 6, 2024View 3 more stories