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62, Single and A Man – yes, I’m still thinking about sex

5 mn read When Rose first asked me to write about sex and the older man, I wondered what I would have to say about it, and I suppose I may be an outlier, but I don’t think the six-second rule – yes, older men think about sex every six seconds too – has really changed over the […]

March 28, 2023March 28, 2023

Advantages of Age,Sex & Intimacy

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How to treat your doctor

6 mn read Sooner or later you are likely to have an encounter with a doctor. Once you enter the land of dotage it comes with the territory, and very few get by without something failing to work in the body in some way. I know that the body is more than the sum of its parts, and […]

March 21, 2023March 20, 2023

Advantages of Age,Health

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On Being a Grandparent

5 mn read I don’t wish to gloat but being a grandparent is the best. To be honest, compared to parenting it’s a breeze. All I have to do is follow the orders from my son and daughter-in-law. If I bend the rules a little when I’ve got the grandchildren to myself, well nobody needs to know. As […]

March 14, 2023March 10, 2023

Advantages of Age,Wellbeing

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Hope in my Small Urban Winter Garden

5 mn read The days are lengthening, the angle of the sun’s rays is becoming more acute and, all around us, nature is revving up, getting busy and starting to surge with springtime aliveness. It’s easy to think that all this activity has only just begun, and to a certain extent this is true. However, a glance through […]

March 3, 2023March 6, 2023

Advantages of Age,Spirit

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Q & A – John Baine aka poet/musician/activist Attila the Stockbroker

3 mn read John Baine, known by his stage name Attila the Stockbroker, is an English punk poet, multi-instrumentalist musician and songwriter. He performs solo and as the leader of the band Barnstormer 1649, who combine early music and punk. He has performed over 3,800 concerts, published eight books of poems, an autobiography (which itself has 38 poems in […]

February 28, 2023February 28, 2023

Advantages of Age,Q & A

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Beyond the Dross of Invisibility

5 mn read Let’s start by asking what we mean by ‘invisibility’? Not feeling like the head-turner we were at 28? No one homing in to chat us up at a party? Not having a voice? Being ignored? Being unable to find anything to wear suitable for our age, shape, and physical needs? Having no sense of role […]

February 21, 2023February 20, 2023

Advantages of Age,Spirit

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