Hello everyone I’m back and I have to say that the day after we returned we wondered if we’d ever been away as we threw ourselves into unpacking the suitcases plus the unpacked boxes we’d left and by the end of the day, we were exhausted! But hey, after another
This and that and a swishing party planned – for the future!!!
Hi I don’t know if this happens elsewhere but here in the Uk whenever the media publishes an article on the older population (as in from 65+) it is usually accompanied by a photo of either a sad old woman looking out of the window or a pair of hands
I’m back in Brighton once more!
Hello everyone I’ve been away! And I also had a bit of a break from the blog – apologies! But it was so good to return to an old but favourite haunt – Suffolk! For those of you living outside the UK, Suffolk is part of the rounded bit on
Healthy Living – we all know how!
Hello And a big thank you for the thoughtful comments on my last post, which looked at climate change. I think it’s critically important that we don’t get too depressed about the situation. While there are huge issues to tackle (constant growth, transport including the car and flights, the use
In praise of wearing colourful clothes
I used to wear a lot of black clothes and still have two pairs of black jeans and that faux black leather jacket – that’s OK I think. But I have changed my attitude to wearing bright colours, and then again with my hair being au naturel with a white
Health & Wellbeing Part 2 Maintenance – that’s eight hours and counting!
I’m a great fan of Nora Ephron (such a brilliant writer) and especially her book, ‘I Feel Bad About My Neck and other thoughts on being a woman’. I’ve just got it off the shelf and flicked through it. For me, two of her pieces stand out: there’s the one about
Grey hair rules – for me, anyway!
You know I always say, do as you please and wear what you want! That rule also applies to hair – you do as you feel you should. Because, only you will know when it’s right to go grey and au naturel. And especially, don’t listen to anyone extolling the
The best years of your life?
Hello everyone I’ve been absent from the blog – I had such a busy week! On Monday I published on My Other Blog (and don’t read it if you’re sick of Brexit, but click on the icon if you’d like, although it’s already out of date as events are moving
Fitness and wellbeing Part 1 Exercise
Hello everyone I wonder if that title put you off? Actually, I just want to be absolutely honest with you about i) the challenge and then ii) the benefits of exercise. The challenge There are so many reasons why we don’t exercise enough: we don’t feel like it today; we
Pale but interesting – that’s you!
This is a post for those of you who are concerned about that loss of pigment and the consequential pallor that you get as you age. Btw, no pics of me this week as I’ve just had a tooth extracted leaving one side of my face with a cheek that’s