Category: Retirement revisited

Ten years on and deep into retirement

10 placard with lights on background

I suppose it is inevitable that as one gets to ‘a certain age’ the inclination is to look backwards rather than forwards. I can’t quite remember what inspired me to choose ten years as the point in the past to mull over but that’s Ok, it’s my blog and I can do whatever I want… Continue reading Ten years on and deep into retirement

Self Esteem and Retirement, a retro blog

So self-esteem and retirement. My first retro blog for a while. This one from February, 2014. This was very much the kind of retirement blog I planned to write, i.e. one with a significant psychological content and as it applied to retirement. The further I’ve got from my retirement beginning the less the psychological content.… Continue reading Self Esteem and Retirement, a retro blog

Retirement : A Perfect Day?

Perfect retirement day. I’ve gone back eight years to November, 2014 to compare what a perfect day looked like then compared with the one I wrote about recently.There are inevitably certain similarities namely food and drink, trains  and a trip out into the countryside, Yorkshire this time rather than Derbyshire. Otherwise much the same certainly… Continue reading Retirement : A Perfect Day?

Retirement Activities : Making Marmalade, ’14

So retirement activities. This is a retro retirement blog from February, 2014 as it says. It seemed a good idea to republish it now for three reasons. One, it’s marmalade-making time again and Mrs Summerhouse is currently engaged in just this task (just finished in fact). Two, I thought we could do with a slightly… Continue reading Retirement Activities : Making Marmalade, ’14

My first retirement Christmas. A retro retirement blog

A retro retirement blog appropriately enough, about my first Christmas when retired in 2013. It starts well and drops away to be a fairly meaningless rant about spammers. Admittedly they were a problem in the early days. Now I don’t get any comments at all so I might even welcome fake comments. There’s a bit… Continue reading My first retirement Christmas. A retro retirement blog

Retirement and kitchen renovation

I’ve gone back in time, as is usually the case for this retro retirement blog, but not as far back as I usually go, to September, 2016 in fact. This retro blog was attached to Friday’s blog and I read it and thought it fit rather well with the focus on IKEA in that retirement… Continue reading Retirement and kitchen renovation

Puppies into doggies. Ahh, cute, well no

I hate bloody fireworks. Why do they have to make a noise? Isn’t it enough for people to see the pretty lights without the bloody bangs? We had a terrible night with our dogs, one dog particularly. He spent the night or most of it in bed with us, lying on Mrs Summerhouse’s pillow while… Continue reading Puppies into doggies. Ahh, cute, well no

Retiring views on brutality

A slightly strange retro retirement blog from June 2014. It’s about architecture which was the career I was supposed to pursue until I failed all my A levels (read on for an elaboration). Worked out OK though. Lots of photos for some reason. Why would I be writing about architecture on a retirement site? Furthermore… Continue reading Retiring views on brutality

Retirement : a rich tapestry* as Carole King said

It was this retro retirement blog or one on coping with depression. I decided to go for the lighter version. This one first posted in January, 2014 but still relevant I think. It’s more about dentists I’m afraid. And I haven’t been to the dentist because of Covid for many months. Perhaps I’m missing those… Continue reading Retirement : a rich tapestry* as Carole King said

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