My teenage crushes are sooooo old…. Reminiscing

Sitting and listening to some music and I got to thinking about how music brings back memories. People often speak of the soundtrack of their lives. So, I have shared some insights into the music that helped form me and support me through the years. One song in particular has become my anthem. It isContinue reading “My teenage crushes are sooooo old…. Reminiscing”

Two poems – ‘Where is the little boy?’ and ‘Have you seen your mother naked?’ – Podcast

As you can probably tell from the title, these are two very different poems! But, for different reasons, they both make me smile when I read them. I hope you enjoy them both. I have posted these before on this blog, if you want to read them for yourself, just do a search for poemsContinue reading “Two poems – ‘Where is the little boy?’ and ‘Have you seen your mother naked?’ – Podcast”

Pods and Blogs and odds and sods…

As the title might suggest, this is a blog post about many things. Firstly, Podcasts or ‘Pods’ for short. I am enjoying doing the podcasts more than I thought I would. I did my first interview via ZOOM yesterday and posted it on here this morning. Call me biased, but I think they came outContinue reading “Pods and Blogs and odds and sods…”

My life and other stuff…

I feel that my life is ever growing and changing. I can see how people who retire say they don’t know how they had ever had the time to work! However, I know that there have been things that I have wanted to do for ages and couldn’t because they were not possible with aContinue reading “My life and other stuff…”

Words are important

I know there will be changes to my body in the future. I think I am prepared for that. The thing that I am not looking forward to, is that one day my voice will change and my words both spoken and written may leave me. I have had some symptoms which apparently can beContinue reading “Words are important”

The visit from the medical alarm rep…

Well, I am now finding myself on the other side of a conversation and that is interesting. I hear what people are saying to me and hear the echo of my own voice in what they are saying. Today we were visited by the rep from one of the alarm companies who I worked withContinue reading “The visit from the medical alarm rep…”

Substitutes, swaps and changes

I was thinking today about how we all have our own way of doing things, particularly when it comes to cooking a meal or baking. From my experience in my own family, there are those that have to follow a recipe to the letter and if they don’t have all the ingredients then they eitherContinue reading “Substitutes, swaps and changes”

Making memories and keeping family memories alive…

This weekend I have had my three lovely grand-daughters to stay over. The twins (15) had planned a sleepover with a friend for Saturday, so only stayed one night – with teenagers you take what you can get – and the youngest (10) stayed an extra night with Nanna and Grampy as the teenagers doingContinue reading “Making memories and keeping family memories alive…”

A sense of community…

For many years now I have basically had my social supports and contacts from people I work with. Maybe one or two I have had the odd social contact out of work with, but mainly it is just social chat and people to share lunch with and we don’t seem to catch up outside ofContinue reading “A sense of community…”

You MUST remember….

How many times have we been in conversation and it goes something like this. Me: “How do I get to…” Him: “You MUST remember, we’ve been there so many times!” Me: “Nope. I don’t have to take notice when you are driving” or “I just can’t remember which fork to take in the Motorway, maybeContinue reading “You MUST remember….”