Teadrinkinggrey-haired gardener ?

In the news this morning, to assuage the view of an out-of-work grey haired fifty something, a guy posted a video of himself doing a workout and was offered multiple jobs. However, the words used to describe the stereotype offended me. I am many things. A mother of five, an MA student in my second

How to wear a mask

My diabetes avoidance blog

cycling is probably the only sport you can improve at the older you become

Why are we killing ourselves? Money?

I am writing this in May 2020. On Friday, the air was so clear that you could see for miles. It was a day with high winds. I was out on a 17 k walk across farms and open country, and I watched in awe as an oak tree of around 70 years old, danced

Manifesto for health and change

why can’t we work to stay healthy

Slow – to anger – Discover Prompts

There is nothing fast about writing.

A town in Bristol city

Photograher, Hermione Laake (young mum of 24 years, writer and ex-retail manger, 1990). I thought I would write a Coronovirus diary, as I read one blog on behaviour from Toronto and found it interesting from a psychological perspective. Covid-19 Here, in our small town we have over four coffee shops; all are shut down and

Dish – part two

We cooked together, the flour a sticky mess, and used the remainder to make papier mache`pinata. Today’s dish: Home made sauce for pasta, or gnocchi. Recipe: Tomato puree Olive oil Garlic 1 red onion Rosemary Basil 1 stock cube Method: Lightly fry the onion and garlic in olive oil; remove from the heat, stir in

The Age of the Imagination

“He will love those that he loved and he will love them to the end”

Hearing, seeing, understanding and empathy.

Dear readers, I’ve been thinking lately about age. For a few years now my hearing has been changing. I can trace the biggest alteration back to when I became an audio typist for a hospital for a year and a half, and wore headphones in my ears 5 days a week for 6-7 hours a