I remember quite clearly my four main areas of activity for my retirement life when I started out on this whole retirement business. They were, in no particular order, – this retirement blog, our vineyard, music in some form and travel. Well three out of four achieved to some degree isn’t bad. The missing one,… Continue reading Retirement blog: The glamour of rail travel
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Retirement blog : meet that challenge
I’ve just come back from Ireland, Dublin to be exact and a conference, entitled (I think) Trad Ireland, run by an organisation called Tradtalk about how Irish music is faring these days. Jolly interesting it was (it’s still going on at the time of writing). Not such a huge challenge as you might think because… Continue reading Retirement blog : meet that challenge
Retirement blog : America revisited, part 2
The second instalment of my retirement blog about America of yesteryear. I thought I‘d do a coast to coast re-visitation this time with a little bit in the middle. Perversely the first photo, the one above of our daughter in Kansas, is the last reference in this retirement blog. Of course coast to coast, inevitably… Continue reading Retirement blog : America revisited, part 2
Retirement and that old grass is greener thing?
I have called it the missing link of my retirement but I suppose this is a bit bigger than that. The question is would moving home be the answer to my occasional unease about the state of my retirement? Or would this be a bit drastic, somewhat of an overkill solution? The only reason I… Continue reading Retirement and that old grass is greener thing?
China : More vicarious travel, are we envious? Not sure
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
The (retired) Aussies were here
The last of our Australian visitors has just walked out the door at 6.30 in the morning. Like the proverbial bus you don’t see one for a long time and then two sets show up, quite coincidentally, at once. Of the two sets of partners only one person is working, so, in total, that’s five… Continue reading The (retired) Aussies were here
Retirement is just one long holiday – maybe
I have to say, right up front, that I’m not sure what this blog is about other than it’s about retirement in some vague way. I wrote it a while ago but didn’t publish it because I thought it had no ‘essence’ to it. But now I’ve decided that’s OK, it’s just a blog, not… Continue reading Retirement is just one long holiday – maybe