The Valuable Time of Maturity
With age, comes, for me, a greater interest in and appreciation of poetry. I hope you enjoy reflecting on this by Mario de Andrade I counted my years and realized that I have less time to live by, than I have lived so far. I have more past than future. I feel like that boy […]
Spring
A poem by Mary Oliver Somewherea black bearhas just risen from sleepand is staring down the mountain.All nightin the brisk and shallow restlessnessof early spring I think of her,her four black fistsflicking the gravel,her tongue like a red firetouching the grass,the cold water.There is only one question: how to love this world.I think of herrisinglike […]
A long life?
Would you like to know how long you have to live? When are you going to die? As I researched for my book – Rethink Retirement – I followed a link to access The Living to 100 Life Expectancy Calculator. Let me talk you through my experience and you some reflective questions. Hi, it’s Dr. […]
From the wood: A pesky squirrel
The squirrels have been eating the bird food. We have now bought squirrel proof feeders, but they still try
The New Retirement Mindscape
I love collecting articles, I have hundreds related to retirement / post 60 living and as I work on my next book, I’m reviewing them all. It’s fascinating, so many publications that have some influence on my thinking. Many are academic, others aimed at the interested reader. One is from Ameriprise Financial and compares results […]
Wild life from the wood – Hares
I love hares – I start with two playing together and they come up close to the camera. I have also spliced a number of clips together
Being busy – rest, relax, recharge
Rest – Relax – Recharge? Do you find it easy to take a time out? To take time just to be? What works for you?
Changing Career in later life
In both good times and challenging times, such as the current time of uncertainty, those of us in our prime are looking for new jobs. Sometimes this is foisted upon us due to redundancy, for others we just don’t want to spend another day in a job we can’t stand so we may think about […]
A-Z List of Interests
[et_pb_section admin_label=”section”] [et_pb_row admin_label=”row”] [et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text”] I’m writing the section in my book on hobbies and interests and realise this list is for too extensive for my book. So, posting it here, with a link from the book Aerobics Amateur and HAM Radio Amateur Theatre Animal breeding Animal communication Animal rescuing Animation Antiques Aquarium […]
What took you so long – poem
my brain and heart divorced a decade ago over who was to blame about how big of a mess I have become eventually, they couldn’t be in the same room with each other now my head and heart share custody of me I stay with my brain during the week and my heart gets me […]