Category: Reflections from Retirement

Retirement blog : going to Woodstock, no not me unfortunately

I ‘ve been trying for the last six years to persuade friends to post a guest blog on this site – without any success. Then, as they say about buses, from none we move to two blog offers in a week. It’s not that I don’t get offers of guest blogs it’s just that the… Continue reading Retirement blog : going to Woodstock, no not me unfortunately

Retirement blog : Reflections on what might have been

I’ve sometimes accused myself, in these retirement blogs, of living my retirement vicariously. I look at what others are doing and think, if only. Perhaps never more so than looking at friends who have chosen a life overseas. This weekend we will be hooking up with a friend who, with his wife (see above), have… Continue reading Retirement blog : Reflections on what might have been

Retirement blog about Georgian wine

I’ve had a mixed reaction from my readers to the issue of idleness in retirement with or without the devil’s contribution. On one hand, there was, don’t worry about it, it’s fine. On the other, idleness is indeed something to be banished from the retired person’s lexicon. Not sure whether he meant the word or… Continue reading Retirement blog about Georgian wine

Retirement blog : a bit of nostalgia

I’ve lost two friends this week, one was a bird – the red kite, and the other an old friend whose funeral I went to. I’ll explain further at some later date. So saying good bye to them both put me in nostalgic mood and I’ve gone back to my younger, maybe simpler, days when… Continue reading Retirement blog : a bit of nostalgia

Retirement blog the best moments of 2018

Retirement blog about best moments of 2018 I wasn’t sure that I could, or should, write a retirement blog that fit with the above title. Not because there weren’t any such moments but because I thought I’d probably written about them in my last blog. Then I happened to read an article in Saturday’s Guardian… Continue reading Retirement blog the best moments of 2018

Retirement blog : Wishing you a very different Christmas

I was going to make this retirement blog different. Interesting you say, how? Well, for example, as it’s going out on Christmas day I thought I would make it nothing to do with Christmas. Clever don’t you think? I was also going to write this blog on a typewriter like the one I’ve still got… Continue reading Retirement blog : Wishing you a very different Christmas

Retirement reflections : my career as a book cover designer

A while ago I wrote that I thought a bit of looking back from retirement was OK. You might even learn something that helps with planning your retirement. In one blog I wrote about the nearly careers I had had. One of these was trying to get a gig as a cartoonist. That didn’t work… Continue reading Retirement reflections : my career as a book cover designer

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