He Knew Me Better Than Anyone Else Has Ever Known Me
Posted in Advantages of Age5 mn read This time last year my best friend died. Scott Taylor, Canadian, dramatist, artist, pianist, cultural commentator, polymath, survivor of an abusive childhood, collector of Susuki vases, author of a 700 page as yet unpublished tome ‘Dismantling Mouths’, and, in his own words, ‘a neurotic’s neurotic’. In January this year, I attended, virtually, a seven hour […]
A Traveller or a Tourist?
Posted in Advantages of Age7 mn read Something horrible and unexpected happened during the first few days of our recent trip to Vietnam. My travelling friend, Ruby and I went on day trip – in a deluxe mini bus which took nine people but there was just us, a Japanese older man, and two 40 something Swiss men – to the famous […]
Borrowed Light – Joining My Daughter’s Hen Weekend
Posted in Advantages of Age5 mn read Earlier this year, in May 2022 – after a long winter of shielding and healing where I occupied an increasingly shrinking, but very safe-feeling world – I emerged, tentatively, into the sun. This process was facilitated in no small part by a group of bright, young women – my daughter’s closest and dearest friends, who […]
Life in the Slow Lane.
Posted in Advantages of Age3 mn read About six years ago I joined one of those jokey, purposeless Facebook groups. We never meet up, we never do anything fun, we never did anything except bitch about how slow tourists walk.
When a Book Changes your Life
Posted in Age is No Barrier5 mn read It all began with a shocked, early morning wake-up. Of course, there is a back story, so it didn’t really begin then. But it did. Here’s the backstory. I had stopped working as a yoga therapist and yoga teacher after decades doing that inspiring work. Actually, I considered it sacred work, and still do. For […]
On Becoming a Wolf of N W London
Posted in Advantages of Age5 mn read This is a small tale; it might be somewhat true and other-what imagined. Some people may be lightly disguised to protect their privacy and/or sensibilities. I am, however appearing as my true self. I’m that line in the rolling credits that mostly people don’t bother watching, where it might read something like: Jon Snow – […]
He Knew Me Better Than Anyone Else Has Ever Known Me
Posted in Advantages of Age5 mn read This time last year my best friend died. Scott Taylor, Canadian, dramatist, artist, pianist, cultural commentator, polymath, survivor of an abusive childhood, collector of Susuki vases, author of a 700 page as yet unpublished tome ‘Dismantling Mouths’, and, in his own words, ‘a neurotic’s neurotic’. In January this year, I attended, virtually, a seven hour […]
Return of the Wise Woman
Posted in Age is No Barrier3 mn read I’m coming up to 68, in a passionate, new relationship, developing several big business ideas, travelling around the world, moving home but not sure where or even which country.
A Paean to Raving at 53
Posted in Age is No Barrier5 mn read I’m one of the world’s oldest ravers and I’m still raving. I consider it a radical act of defiance against the fear machine that promotes hard work until retirement, after which you’re expected to tip-toe quietly towards death
I spent a lifetime trying to be someone else – now I’m free to be me
Posted in Age is No Barrier3 mn read Freedom… that sweet word which, for me, encompasses everything that sums up what it feels like to be of a ‘certain age’.
Swimming Lessons
Posted in Age is No Barrier6 mn read Dorothy knew that I wasn’t a strong swimmer, but what she didn’t know was that I really couldn’t swim at all…
Sex in My 70s – at last, the pressure is off!
Posted in Age is No Barrier4 mn read Much of my life, despite discovering meditation in my 30s, has been about achieving goals – either physical ones in different sporting activities or intellectual ones in my medical career.
A Feminist Arrives in Nakedland
Posted in Age is No Barrier4 mn read I casually mentioned to people that I was going to Cap d’Agde this September. Most of my friends didn’t know where that was or what it was…
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