Another blog from our friends in Shanghai. As we have frequently found if you’re feeling a bit under the weather, your own bed at home is where you want to be. Also celebrating Christmas and New Year in far away countries has always been a disaster for us, I’m not sure about how our friends… Continue reading China : More vicarious travel, are we envious? Not sure
Vicarious travel for retired people
We might have lost our place among the globe trotting elite (not what we anticipated before our retirement) but it seems our children have picked up the baton with some enthusiasm. Understandable in one sense, given that they were a part of our living in other countries life style. That bit doesn’t surprise me but… Continue reading Vicarious travel for retired people
Looking for challenges and a sense of adventure in retirement
I suppose the title gives it away – it’s long enough. I complain sometimes about retirement not being exciting enough. I read catalogues like the one on the right (and no, that’s not us) with envy and then when my life has the potential to be so, I back away. Oh dear. In my last… Continue reading Looking for challenges and a sense of adventure in retirement
Retirement in 2014 and goals for 2015
It’s that time of year – again. That is the end of this year and very nearly the beginning of a next year. For me this means it is a time of review and goal-setting. By the way, don’t be misled by the jollity of the image, right, we’re usually in bed by the time… Continue reading Retirement in 2014 and goals for 2015
Guess who’s driving the bus
Shall I write a Christmas blog? It’s a bit late, it’s gone, thank God. So it would be a brief reflection on Christmas then just to cheer everybody up if you’ve got those post-Christmas blues, which I haven’t, glad to see the back of it really. And before you say that every day is Christmas… Continue reading Guess who’s driving the bus
Vineyard 21 : Winter Pruning, not as easy as you think
If you’re not, yourself, a vineyard owner, you probably thought there would not be much going on in a vineyard at this time of year. The vines are dormant and so are the owners of those vines. Right? Well, as always in life, the answer is yes and no. In my last blog I told… Continue reading Vineyard 21 : Winter Pruning, not as easy as you think
Retirement, Radio 3 and a world with no adverts
I tried listening to Radio 3 on Monday morning as I drove to my winter pruning course, more of which in a later blog. Around the house and first thing in the morning when we’re in bed, we usually listen to Classic FM but the bloody adverts drive me mad. So we’ve been threatening to stop listening… Continue reading Retirement, Radio 3 and a world with no adverts
Is reading in bed in the morning an OK thing to do when you’re retired?
We recently visited some fellow retirees. We made a shocking discovery about how they used their retirement time or some of it at least. I will tell you now and you may be the judge. They read in bed in the morning. This is the second set of friends who have ‘confessed’ to this retirement… Continue reading Is reading in bed in the morning an OK thing to do when you’re retired?
Retirement reflections
I think it’s OK to look back from retirement as well as looking forward. That’s what I’m doing here. Just been listening to a programme entitled Art School, Smart School, on the radio, well on BBC iPlayer actually. A programme about what they called art school what we then called art college. Art college was… Continue reading Retirement reflections
In retirement for Heaven’s sake keep your shape
In retirement it’s important that we keep in shape. Aha, you say, he’s talking about keeping fit and active and, as we know, doing these things, as we get older, makes very good sense. Problem is, I’m not talking about the physical health side of retirement in this blog. I’m writing about keeping mentally in… Continue reading In retirement for Heaven’s sake keep your shape