Retirement problems. I was going to start this blog by telling you that I had ‘idly’ been looking through my past blogs looking for inspiration but that word, idly, would seem to imply I’m not busy and this would not be true. True there is nothing musical going on. The folk fiddle rehearsals start again… Continue reading Retirement problems now
Category: Well being
retirement philosophy
Retirement philosophy? Well kind of. I can’t believe how powerfully this text (above) from my Facebook page moved me. Nearly to tears. Quite soppy really. I could say that these words represent my actual view of our life on this planet but you probably wouldn’t believe me. It’s true however. Maybe not quite the meaning… Continue reading retirement philosophy
Take it easy in retirement? Fat chance
Take it easy in retirement? It’s Sunday and we’re having a quiet day (apart from watching Forest win their first Premiership game for 23 years). Much needed, the day that is and the win of course. For example, it’s between Saturday and Monday which means it’s sandwiched between my latest Folk Fiddle gig in Otley… Continue reading Take it easy in retirement? Fat chance
It’s that time of retirement again
It’s that time of retirement again. It’s one thing that hasn’t changed in the last eight years of retirement. In fact it hasn’t, as far as I can remember changed in the last nearly 50 years we’ve been married (Mrs Summerhouse and I, and she tells me, on reading this, that it’s only been 35… Continue reading It’s that time of retirement again
Keighley retirement gig
Keighley retirement gig. I can’t let the moment go by unacknowledged. Time and again I’ve written in these blogs about setting myself retirement challenges as a way of keeping mentally alert and using this precious time to its best possible effect. And that’s quite a sentence to kick off with. More often than not I’ve… Continue reading Keighley retirement gig
Self-esteem, version 6?
Over the years I have been writing this blog the topic of self-esteem has figured quite often. The explanation for self-esteem’s frequent appearance is quite simple, it is, in my opinion, an important aspect of retirement. That view hasn’t diminished as I’ve become more retired, in fact it might even have increased. Nor sure but… Continue reading Self-esteem, version 6?
Retirement bits and bobs
So retirement bits and bobs. I could write about the musical side of my retirement – tonight’s practice, next week’s folk fiddle gig on either guitar or bodhran or both, or about this Sunday’s jazz session. But then I did that a couple of weeks ago. I could write about our recent trips to Derbyshire… Continue reading Retirement bits and bobs
Retirement pressures
Retirement pressures. First of all let me apologise for being somewhat tardy with this blog (not to mention the absence of the retro blog). As my grandma used to say, lad you’re all over the shop. Meaning you’re badly organised or something similar. Since we got back from America we have indeed been all over… Continue reading Retirement pressures
Retirement life, just one week back
One week back. I have to admit that more than a week after our return from the USA I’m still searching for that comforting normality I wrote about in a previous retirement blog. Even the weekend papers, usually a solid pillar of our lives have proved just too much effort to read. In fact reading… Continue reading Retirement life, just one week back
Retirement worries blog
Retirement worries, for better or worse? So after several retirement blogs looking on the sunny side of (retirement) life let me get back to what I’m best at – worrying negativity. That’s two separate concepts by the way, not suggesting that worrying itself is a negative exercise, if you follow my drift. Some people would… Continue reading Retirement worries blog