Category Archives: 60th year

Whatever next?

Posted on December 4, 2016 by deborah @ the magic jug

Like many, I’ve been pondering what if anything I personally can do to counter the growing sense of powerlessness in an increasingly challenging domestic and world political context. That’s not an easy thing to do, in the face of so … Continue reading →

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Hitting 60

Posted on December 16, 2015 by deborah @ the magic jug

One of my mother-in-law’s favourite sayings was that “age doesn’t come on it’s own”, and maybe she was right.  In my case it comes with a whole lot of paper and tests.  Though I know I am very fortunate in … Continue reading →

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Licensed to wear purple

Posted on November 24, 2015 by deborah @ the magic jug

You may have come across Jenny Joseph’s poem ‘Warning’, and if not, you probably know the first line: “When I am an old woman I shall wear purple…” Well I don’t know whether at 60 I am now an old … Continue reading →

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60 years

Posted on November 7, 2015 by deborah @ the magic jug

Well, the Big Weekend arrived.  I was very excited about my birthday, and about the plan to celebrate it in a place we’ve been to several times before, with both the boys and both the girls – a house in … Continue reading →

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Crochet: time for the next challenge

Posted on October 15, 2015 by deborah @ the magic jug

So – at the start of this year I promised myself that I would re-learn to crochet, and more specifically that I would learn how to do a ripple blanket. Which I did, with the expert and brilliant help of … Continue reading →

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Cousin Cousine

Posted on September 21, 2015 by deborah @ the magic jug

Once again we managed to get together, never easy as there are quite a few of us and we all lead busy lives.  We had to set the date back in June to be sure of finding one.  Some couldn’t make … Continue reading →

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Welcome, September! I’m ready for you

Posted on September 7, 2015 by deborah @ the magic jug

Oh I love September – such a time of promise, of renewal, of fresh starts.  Of course, new terms and academic years.  But also (Jewish) New Year*. We’re just home from a lovely, relaxing, restorative holiday, which we booked back … Continue reading →

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Seeing differently: my first century

Posted on August 25, 2015 by deborah @ the magic jug

It’s quite a few (6? 7?) years since I first became aware of and began reading blogs, via a chance find of a copy of Jane Brocket’s lovely book ‘The Gentle Art of Domesticity’ one day in a Bath shop. … Continue reading →

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River Thames walk: Day 6 – finishing it off!

Posted on August 12, 2015 by deborah @ the magic jug

So, this was the culmination of 11 days walking – all the way along the Kennet and Avon Canal from Bath to Reading, then the Thames Path from Reading to Greenwich.  Including the extra miles to get to and from … Continue reading →

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River Thames walk: Day 5 – the missing links

Posted on August 11, 2015 by deborah @ the magic jug

Day 5 was all about joining the dots, ready to finish the walk the next day.  So, a bit like football, this was about two halves. Because I had done a section out of sequence (Kingston to Putney) and added … Continue reading →

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