Growing old:good bit #1:how I perceive the world

I doubt anyone wants to get old. I don’t mind being more experienced,hopefully wiser,but would love a younger body. Ah well,there are compensations.

Something I’ve increasingly been noticing over the past couple of years is how much more I’m appreciating the sights and sounds around me. This morning we drove over from [...]

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Growing Old:and the party

We’ve been invited to a New Year’s Eve party this evening.

It doesn’t involve much effort being next door.

But you know what they say about knowing you’re middle-aged when offered the choice of two evenings out you pick the one that gets you home earliest.

Do I feel like I’ll enjoy it? [...]

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Growing old:time for the givers to receive?

We have a friend,now in her seventies,who has devoted her life to other people. Her working life was spent in Africa (mainly Kenya) with her husband and family. They built their own home,then built a hospital. He was a medic,and ably ran the hospital. She set up a small [...]

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How does it feel to be 60?

Every age has its good and bad points,its advantages and limitations. We need to live each to the full. [...]

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