At 81, Discovered Being Ancient is Great!
Yet the essential you is just the same, the one who lived through being six, sixteen and sixty to reach a serene seventy plus.
Yet the essential you is just the same, the one who lived through being six, sixteen and sixty to reach a serene seventy plus.
The Knees had to have their walk. Decided to take them along the River Clyde, East of Glasgow an area new to me. The riverside path is flat, so they were allowed no moaning. Curiosity came too, but in no great hopes. However, within minutes we were joined by a delightful friend, Nonsense……In stitches in no…
The sight of the Maryhill litter brought it all back. No one watching, so gingerly picked up a few interesting pieces. Rather dirty, but who cares when you are 6 again?
The Knees and The Curiosity took a walk in Queen’s Park. Walk No 4.
If we can persuade others of my generation to join in and enjoy we may have altered the whole picture of a lonely old age!
Growing older often means downsizing, a new home, and a new bathroom. Downsizing is the time when our possessions were never so dear as the day we have to take them to Oxfam. Attics, cupboards and box after box reveal beloved items, which cannot possibly be discarded. Our house proves to have become…
Today’s children are sanitised. You might even say brainwashed.
They grow up in a world of antiseptic hand gels and an almost neurotic fear of dirt.