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I’ve Lost It.  Must be Getting Old?
Later years? Happy Years!

I’ve Lost It. Must be Getting Old?

  ”Lost the will to get up. Tend to stay in bed  most mornings. Often til 11  Don’t care what I look like.  Uninterested in clothes shopping. No wish to go on a cruise or go out to eat. Don’t go to exercise classes or gym. Taken to wine in the evenings. No relatives within 200…

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January 26, 2020
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Safari time. Staying Adventurous at 84?
Curiosity and Magic at 80+

Safari time. Staying Adventurous at 84?

The viciousness of their fighting and the sound of a lioness crunching an impala leg bone from 30 feet away is rather disturbing… bone chilling!

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December 12, 2019
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Fear of Ageing? So Strange!  Where Has It Come From?
Let's Challenge Unthinking Ageism

Fear of Ageing? So Strange! Where Has It Come From?

A wave of fear has engulfed the middle years of life.

Almost a tsunami! Sensible people worrying, fretting, feeling anxious about ageing, yet actually heading for the best stage of their lives!

How did that happen?

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September 7, 2019
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Caught Out! Unwitting Ageism – About Chairs!
Let's Challenge Unthinking Ageism

Caught Out! Unwitting Ageism – About Chairs!

Stranded! Beached whale feeling. But that rapidly turned to chuckles.

“I have to ask for help to get up from a chair in the office of an organisation that espouses Age Friendly places!”

Lovely….However what was really interesting was that it had never occurred to them.

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August 1, 2019
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Knees, Peas, Pride and a Wheelie Bin…
Ageing Well, But The Odd Problem?

Knees, Peas, Pride and a Wheelie Bin…

Such a shame, no one there to video it….almost certainly would have gone viral!

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June 12, 2019
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At 80+ Narrowing Horizons? Or Change of Focus?
Later years? Happy Years!

At 80+ Narrowing Horizons? Or Change of Focus?

One of the many delightful surprises in this Strange Land of Old Age, has been this calm acceptance, this adjustment to later life. The change in the focus of pleasures that one cannot imagine at all when you are younger.

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May 11, 2019
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Delighting in My Last Spring?
Curiosity and Magic at 80+

Delighting in My Last Spring?

I have had Thirteen Extra Springs to wonder at. Absolute free and delightful gift.
How lucky we are, this new generation of Older People. We have been given bonus Springs!

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April 21, 2019
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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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