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  • Curiosity went down to the woods and had a surprise.

    The Knees needed their daily. Curiosity looked at the map and suggested this. A thin strip of woodland, apparently a ridge between two suburban areas …
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  • Curiosity! A free gift for a rich life?

          Curiosity! A free gift for a rich life. “Curiosity” definitely needs some outdoor exercise. We can go out!  But only locally. Where to go?          “Curiosity” …
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  • I Have a Death Wish! Have you?

      Happy to die now? Surprisingly, “Yes!” Now, is of course, my 86 th year.  No commiserations needed. I am not in any way ill, actually …
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  • Do You Shilly Shally? Good. Great Form of Exercise!

    So long as it has speed and sudden stops or turns it works. Shilly Shallying as exercise will keep those balance mechanisms on their toes! …
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Seniors need Sensuality, Satin and a Human Touch
Later years? Happy Years!

Seniors need Sensuality, Satin and a Human Touch

Touch, human touch is important for all of us.
The need for sensuality doesn’t stop with age!

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December 9, 2018
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“Should an Older Woman wear a Backpack? Yes!
Let's Challenge Unthinking Ageism

“Should an Older Woman wear a Backpack? Yes!

Even wiser, for older women, shoulder straps and the weight on the back are ideal. Why? Dowagers Hump prevention!

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October 26, 2018
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Impatient Inpatient? No! Just need to be Me.
Later years? Happy Years!

Impatient Inpatient? No! Just need to be Me.

I want to cling on to those things that make me ‘ME’, the self centred pleasure loving self indulgent creature I have become ….and too late to change.

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October 21, 2018
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Museums Waking Up to the value of their 70+ Market? They should!
Later years? Happy Years!

Museums Waking Up to the value of their 70+ Market? They should!

The Future is not just about a Museum being Friendly to older people, but working with them as valuable and essential partners.

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October 5, 2018
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Swimming at 83? Yes! Pools Age Friendly? No!
Let's Challenge Unthinking Ageism

Swimming at 83? Yes! Pools Age Friendly? No!

Most pools certainly do not look as if the designers tested them on our age group! And certainly haven’t thought through what the ageing population would benefit from.

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September 30, 2018
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Excited About The Future? At 83!
Curiosity and Magic at 80+

Excited About The Future? At 83!

What is the future for us, for people? Did the Climate change? Did we solve the plastic problem, get to sustainable energy, accept driverless cars?
Did we turn into AI /computers/people?

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September 13, 2018
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Curiosity about Clydebank : Cunard, Singers and the Blitz.
Curiosity and Magic at 80+

Curiosity about Clydebank : Cunard, Singers and the Blitz.

Love that in my lifetime I have seen the great industrial cities of the UK at their most productive but dirty stage. Saw them collapse and suffer and am now seeing them rebuilding and seriously re greening themselves: Sheffield, Newcastle, Leeds, Manchester, Glasgow… And proud of it too. They are amazing places.

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August 16, 2018
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So here I am, Joyce at 80+…

...also known as Grandma Williams. I've travelled the world, written books, been a Physio & TV Presenter. Now I'm 80+ and I'm blogging about the fun and nonsense of being ancient in a modern world and experiencing everyday ageism in all its glory!

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