This is the penultimate chapter of our New Zealand experiences. We’re heading towards what we thought was halfway through our year. It turned out that it wasn’t but we didn’t know this at the time. By this time we were beginning to settle into our ‘new’ life style, beginning to enjoy some of it and… Continue reading Chapter 5 : June is bursting out all over
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Message from New Zealand : who needs enemies with …
I was skyping a friend in New Zealand, never let it be said that, in retirement, I don’t keep up with technology. The fact that it has taken me this long to try out this form of newness might belie that statement but, here I was this morning, skyping with the best of them. It… Continue reading Message from New Zealand : who needs enemies with …
The fairly merry month of May : a retirement reflection
So here is the latest in my series of reflections on our time as a family, spent living and working in New Zealand. Things were improving by this time but there were still plenty of challenges and frustrations. Self esteem figures quite a bit. As I’ve suggested elsewhere retirement seems like a good time to… Continue reading The fairly merry month of May : a retirement reflection
What can we learn from the past?
What has publishing a chapter about living in New Zealand 17 years ago got to do with a blog on retirement now? Well, a couple of things I suggest. First, being retired gives a person an opportunity to reflect on and simply enjoy some of our past experiences. That’s not always easy in the hurly… Continue reading What can we learn from the past?