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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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A Surprising 84 th Year. A New Role! How Did That Happen?
Later years? Happy Years!

A Surprising 84 th Year. A New Role! How Did That Happen?

What a year! No, not politics.

Just want to share with you my absolute amazement at what being in your 84 th year can be like.

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December 30, 2019
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Caught Out! Unwitting Ageism – About Chairs!
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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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Reaching 83? Lifestyle Plan B!
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Reaching 83? Lifestyle Plan B!

Seriously, I am not worried about the body stuff, except for total concentration on comfort and ease. Beginning to think that by 83 bodies need cherishing not bullying.

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March 24, 2018
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Retirement? Who Am I? When I Am Not…..?
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Retirement? Who Am I? When I Am Not…..?

Retired’ is not an occupation, but there it is, on the form, at the bottom of the list. Or maybe, even worse, you are expected to tick ‘None‘.

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December 24, 2017
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80+ Time for Happy Funerals?
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80+ Time for Happy Funerals?

A friend of mine with terminal cancer had his funeral party before he died!. He organised it and it was a great occasion. Everyone telling stories and jokes about him. We all enjoyed it.

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May 3, 2017
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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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