Music in retirement. It’s been quite a while since my last musical blog, early September in fact. It’s been patchy since then. I’ve missed rehearsals for various reasons ranging from Covid to outright indolence. The Covid bout meant I missed the last gig and so that means the last gig I performed at was Otley… Continue reading Music in retirement: Baildon, part 2
A view of retirement, not mine
A view of retirement. If I can I try not to directly steal ideas from other people’s writing. However. Every now and again an article or something similar comes along that proves irresistible and I don’t want to ignore it. This is one such article. You may remember a few blogs ago I wrote about… Continue reading A view of retirement, not mine
Am I an outsider as a retired person?
An outsider? There’s a word I’ve noticed has cropped up more and more frequently of late, both in written and spoken form. That word is outsider. I must admit I’ve never thought of myself in these terms even though I think some retirees come to see themselves in this way. That said I do see… Continue reading Am I an outsider as a retired person?
One last offer, retirement blog
One last offer? It’s been nine years since I retired (for the second and last time). But, does it never stop? And by that I mean that slight tingling of the brain whenever a small, tiny even, possibility of returning to work drops across my doorstep or pops into my email box as in this… Continue reading One last offer, retirement blog
Celebrating over 1000 blogs
Celebrating over 1000 blogs. The clue, as to the topic of this blog, is in the picture above. Specifically this picture is my Christmas advert for The Oldie magazine (except it’s coming out in November, still it’s close). I place one advert a year in this magazine or any other magazine come to that, which… Continue reading Celebrating over 1000 blogs
A retirement out of balance
A retirement out of balance. Regular readers of this retirement blog (and I know there are one or two of you) will not need telling that there are three main pillars to my retirement life – this blog, my music and our vineyard. Plus a few other bits and bobs like the dogs, reading, watching… Continue reading A retirement out of balance
Vineyard 93: Now it gets really interesting
Vineyard 93. I’ve been a bit slow with this vineyard blog (since vineyard 92) but there is a reason for that. Namely that we’ve been waiting for the grapes to ripen sufficiently to pick them and make the wine. This simple sentence covers a multitude of happenings. Mainly the netting (and still we have rabbits… Continue reading Vineyard 93: Now it gets really interesting
Changing times in retirement
Changing times. I thought I would take a break from the health side of my retirement and remind myself of the other, brighter sides of my existence. And, as is usually the case, these other activities ebb and flow week by week and there have been some changes as the title of this blog implies.… Continue reading Changing times in retirement
Retirement life: full of surprises
Full of surprises. Well you couldn’t write it could you? I had decided that I would under no circumstances write about my colonoscopy or rather the absence of said procedure but then fate took a hand in the form of the article / link below in the weekend papers. Never say never, I guess. https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/oct/10/leftfield-band-music-neil-barnes-interview-this-is-what-we-do… Continue reading Retirement life: full of surprises
Looking back from retirement
Looking back from retirement, strange business. Definitely on my road to recovery this week. I’m still finding difficult to muster any enthusiasm for writing this blog (I’m doing about one a week at the moment) but I’m managing to be a bit creative even if the blogs themselves are quite short (maybe none the worse… Continue reading Looking back from retirement