Celebrations of a ‘big birthday’

On 29th August I’ll be 65. This was the age men got their state pension and, as female, I should have had mine for 5 years. But things changed and I’ll now get mine in a year. Recently I’ve been thinking on birthdays and how to mark them. For my 50th I had 3 big […]

Life endings and death … Life is full of endings …

Life is full of endings – the end of a day, end of a book, end of a period of study, end of a relationship, and the end of life. When I reflect on retirement, I also consider the related areas of ageing and dying.  Spending time in the natural world we notice this clearly […]