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Category Archives: Retirement
It’s a new dawn, it’s a new day (and a new year), and I’m feeling good – except I’m not!
I wrote this a couple of weeks ago, in anticipation of posting on 1 January 2018. Life and a bout of flu intervened – hence the ‘except I’m not!’ tagged on this morning. So here we are in 2018. … Continue reading
Five (good) things on Friday
I’ve seen this theme all over the place, and thought I’d have a play with it today. Let’s see how it goes. I may even do it again…. I am making pleasing progress through my (long!) list of backlog jobs … Continue reading
Posted in Community, Family, Reflections on life (and death), Retirement, Uncategorized
Tagged Community, Coping, Family, Friends, Insomnia, Living, Public libraries, Public services, Reading, Reflections, Retirement, Simplicity, Sleep
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City Farms and us
We go back a long way, us and City Farms. Almost all the way, it transpires. The first City Farm in England was set up in London (Kentish Town) in 1972, growing out of a community arts group (Inter-Action, founded … Continue reading
Posted in Bath, Community, Farming, Food, Growing, Inspirations, Local food, Reflections on life (and death), Retirement, Uncategorized
Tagged Bath City Farm, City Farms, Ed Berman, Retirement, Volunteering
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Where we’ve been
I thought I’d do a quick round-up of where we’ve been while I’ve been absent from my blog. Our habit of monthly trips away lapsed for a while as other things took priority. But we both found through our ‘gap … Continue reading
Posted in Gap year, Local food, Retirement, Travels, Uncategorized, Walking
Tagged Active travel, Family, Friends, London, Museum of Childhood, Reflections, Retirement, Shipton Mill, V&A, Walking
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Planning (and using) my time
Oh my goodness. Where did October go? and most of November? The weeks have slipped past in a blur. But now I’m back (again), and this time I hope to manage to stay on top of things a bit better. … Continue reading
Posted in Community, Family, Reflections on life (and death), Retirement, Seeing differently, Uncategorized
Tagged Coping, Diary, growing, Living, New Year, Planning, Reflections, Retirement, Simplicity, Time, time management
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Allotment update: September 2017
One of the things I love about working an allotment is that it really keeps you rooted in the annual cycle of life. And yes, the pun is fully intended, and very appropriate. Now, in September, as many of the … Continue reading
Posted in Allotment, Food, Frugal, Growing, Local food, Retirement, Uncategorized
Tagged Allotment, Food, Frugal, Frugal food, growing, Growing food, hens, Learning new skills, Life cycles, Living, Planning, Retirement, Simplicity
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The Gap Year – May adventure
What an appropriate way to end this Year of Adventures Great and Small, as we began it last year with a circular walk around London (The Capital Ring). This month we did something I’ve long wanted to do – a … Continue reading
Posted in Gap year, Retirement, Travels, Uncategorized, Walking
Tagged Active travel, Gap year, Living, Rail travel, Travel, Walking, West Highland Way
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Just playing around (and a request!)
After finishing the last big (crochet) blanket I felt like just playing around a bit. So I got out all the odds and ends of blanket yarn and started on a small ‘granny stripe’ blanket using Lucy’s online tutorial (Attic24). … Continue reading
Posted in Community, Craft, Frugal, Retirement, Uncategorized, Whatever next?
Tagged Bath City Farm, Community, Craft, Crochet, Fundraising, Granny blanket, Granny stripes, Learning new skills, Reflections, Simplicity
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The Gap Year: April
I seem not to have been paying attention – the Gap Year is over, and I didn’t spot it. Inflation is apparently back with us – a year has inflated to 14 months. We started in April last year by … Continue reading
Posted in Community, Gap year, Inspirations, Local, Reflections on life (and death), Retirement, Travels, Uncategorized
Tagged Cambridge, Community, Friends, Gap year, Gardens, Housing, Living, Medieval churches, Norwich, Reflections, Retirement, Simplicity
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The Gap Year: March adventure
This is getting to be a habit – an ‘adventure’ that to the outside world looks like nothing of the sort. But maybe that’s just the point – to do things that are meaningful and different for us, regardless of … Continue reading
Posted in Gap year, Reflections on life (and death), Retirement, Seeing differently, Travels
Tagged Dungeness, Family, Gap year, Hastings, Living, Reflections, Rye, Simplicity, Stained glass, Travel, Walking
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the magic jug 