Hi, . I was reading about an unusual lady this week, who wowed everyone in Mumbai recntly when at an event there. She is called Tao Porchon-Lynch. She re-located from India to America in her thirties. She is a Yoga Master, having practiced for the past 70 years, and she still teaches. She is 93. [...]
Jan
26
2012
26
2012
Jan
14
2012
14
2012
Old People.
Hello Peeps, . I was just reading one of those staples that you find in newspapers regularly. . You know the one I mean, where old people well over the age of 100 are asked why they have managed to reach such an impossible age, and what they put their longevity down to. . The [...]
Nov
29
2011
29
2011
Who Gives A Fuck!
hs. . Oh God, I have just been so bored, bored, bored, with a series of bloody television programmes which I had pre-recorded and suddenly decided to watch while Big H had one of his infamous five hour baths. . They were all about various aspects of body image, plastic surgery, and peoples’ feelings about [...]
Nov
28
2011
28
2011
102 Is A Magic Number.
Hi Peeps, . Even very old people can find excitement…..if they have the nerve to . . A while ago there were more saddening headlines about older people being uprooted willy-nilly from their nursing homes before being scattered away from their friends and routines, into new places whether they wish to go or not. . [...]
Nov
17
2011
17
2011
Things You CANNOT Do.
Hey, . Hoping that Thursday is going well with you. . Today I am in a much more laid-back frame of mind, so I am not feeling the need to make you share in my worries as ….so no bed bugs or spiders today then. All is mellow with me. . My visit to the [...]
Oct
15
2011
15
2011
The Incredible Ageing Woman.
Hi, . Today I woke to surprisingly bright sunshine, and forecasts promise a couple of days of unseasonably good, warm weather. Yeah, possibly, but the seasons pass inexorably no matter what we prefer, or how much we protest their change. . It is the same with life. All of us worry about the unwelcome effects [...]
Oct
4
2011
4
2011
All Roads Lead To Rome.
Hi, . Oh dear, I am up early again this morning, and it is getting depressingly wintry now. It is seven am now and it is still darkish, as well as being a bit chilly in the house, as the central heating is not set to switch on until 7.30. . There are many beautiful [...]
Jul
1
2011
1
2011
Youth Is Wasted On The Young ‘Cos They Don’t Yet Know The Horrible Alternative To It!
Hi Folks, . Good morning to you. . This unusual weather is continuing apace. . Yesterday it rained all morning, but at lunchtime everything cleared up and we decided it was an unmissable chance to get the top down and go out to get some very necessary shopping, if we wanted to continue to eat [...]
May
30
2011
30
2011
Accept No Limits.
Hello people of all ages, . I had a birthday recently and had to face the unwelcome thought that I am getting to be significantly aged. . That brings with it many stereotypes which are held by other people. It covers stuff like expecting to see excessively wrinkled decrepit looking people, who cannot function without [...]
May
15
2011
15
2011
Fascination Of The Four Sisters.
Hi, . I spent some time yesterday, enjoying the work of a guy called Nicholas Nixon. . In 1975 he had a marvellous idea. He decided to take a photograph of his wife, along with her three sisters. . The idea was that he would have them stand in order of their age, from oldest [...]
Apr
2
2011
2
2011
Sex On Wheels.
Hi, . Yesterday we were forced to do some shopping…. or starve. So we finally did some. . While I was out there, doing the , I made a few interesting observations. . First of all, have you realised how many of those white haired oldies are now sailing about on those motorised chair thingies. [...]
Mar
26
2011
26
2011
Touch Wood.
Hello, . So we have reached . I hope that you are one of the lucky ones who can now enjoy long hours in which to do whatever pleases you the most. . This morning I met one of my friends when I was shopping. Sadly, we do not see each other very often now, [...]
Feb
18
2011
18
2011
More About 71 Year Old Superwoman. The Story Continues.
Hello, . Remember about the 71 year old ‘Superwoman’ who tackled criminals all on her own when she assumed that a boy was being attacked, and ended up preventing a robbery? . Well, the story continues. . Ann Timson, the pensioner who foiled robbers who were in the process of robbing a Jeweller’s store in [...]
Feb
9
2011
9
2011
Superwoman, Aged 71, Foils Robbers In Northampton.
Hi, . Today we shall have another story, which is but true. . It is early February in the year 2011, There is a shop called Michael James Jewellers, which is in Northampton town centre. . There is a 71 year old lady called Ann Timson who lives on the Spring Boroughs Estate in Northampton. [...]
Jan
14
2011
14
2011
A Lifetime Love.
Hey, . How strange love is. . And how closely would you be bound together with someone you have been in love with for almost 70 years. This is the story of a couple who were married long ago, after courting for three years . They had three children, all boys, and enjoyed their grandchildren [...]
Dec
3
2010
3
2010
Not Many Good Samaritans Here Then.
Hi, . Well, Christmas is coming, and we are in the season of goodwill towards all men….not! . Because I have a chastening Christmas story to tell you today. Are you sitting comfortably. Then I’ll begin. . This week, in Wiltshire, there was 77 year old retired gardener, called Brian Courtney. He decided to drive [...]
Nov
10
2010
10
2010
Helen Mirren. Baring All At 65.
Hi, . I have just been watching the trailer for the new film ‘Red’. . It stars , Morgan Freeman and the lovely Helen Mirren….she of the red bathing suit . When I was young she was considered to be extremely sexy and overt with it, . The strange….and rare….thing about it is that now [...]
Oct
13
2010
13
2010
Toilet Rolls Are The New Newspaper.
Hello, . So it is Wednesday, or as some of you Canadians out there would say, it’s . . When I awoke this morning, I found myself to be unwilling to actually leave my deliciously warm bed, although I was not sleepy at all. It is most definitely Winter again, and the older I get, [...]
Sep
7
2010
7
2010
The Art Of Living.
Hey Hey, . How wet are we here? Very, very, very wet! . Hey Hey, it has just occurred to me. With that introduction I sound like King George in the film, ‘The Madness Of King George’, where the actor Nigel Hawthorne who was playing King George, kept saying “What, what!” That was a marvellous [...]
Aug
20
2010
20
2010
An ‘Elvis Has Left The Building’ Occasion.
Hi, . How the hell are you today. It’s a Friday so you have got to be feeling good. After all, there is the whole weekend not touched yet. . But, an important question! Have you made a will? I have recently and it feels good to have done it. . One strange thing though. [...]
Aug
19
2010
19
2010
Build Yourself A Better Brain.
Hello, . We are lucky enough to be enjoying a fine day here. It is all full sunshine and blue skies, plus all the other whistles and bells that could possibly be desired. . Of course, if the weather stays true to it’s recent form, we could be ‘enjoying’ black skies and rampant thunderstorms in [...]
Aug
18
2010
18
2010
It’s A Mad World.
Hi, . Now this is what I call a morning! We have a completely blue sky from one corner to the other, hazy sunshine and a complete absence of dampness, apart from the areas in the shadows. . Of course it is still very early but the moment is perfect. . I hope that you [...]
Aug
13
2010
13
2010
Try Anti-Ageing. The Way Rich People Do It.
Hi, . Here we are again waking up to a heavy grey rainy day….but this one is a bit windy too, just for a change. Never mind though, it is a Friday, so the seductively. . One thing about British weather though, it is supposed to be good for our skins with all of the [...]
Aug
12
2010
12
2010
Cut Price Surgery In India.
Hey, . There is news for all those people who are stuck on the British NHS waiting lists. . In Bangalore, India, there is a state of the art health facility called Narayana Health City, which is mainly staffed with surgeons who have been trained in their profession at NHS hospitals. . Their hospital was [...]
Jul
23
2010
23
2010
A Pleasing Friday Morning.
Hi, . Is your Friday going well so far then? I would hope so, if you have a Friday evening and all of a free weekend not touched yet. If not, bad luck, and perhaps next weekend will be a better one. . We were both up really early this morning, because Big H had [...]
Jul
8
2010
8
2010
That Old Shell Game Of Life.
Hey, . I have just been out to the shop to buy one of life’s necessities (one litre of generic whiskey on offer for £15.00), and a few extra bits of fancy stuff, such as food. . While I was there, on this rapidly improving day which has turned into excellent sunshine, I was suddenly [...]
Apr
17
2010
17
2010
Divorce Is Seriously Destabilising.
Hey, . Hope your Saturday is going well for you I cannot complain today because it is warm and balmy this morning and Big H is feeling fine. The birds have been fed and my Hyacinths smell wonderful every time I open the door to the patio. All is cool. . I was remembering years [...]
Jan
21
2010
21
2010
It Could All Be A Lot Worse. Trust Me On This.
Hello, . My goodness this week is disappearing fast. It is great to be able to go for walks and pop out to see a friend again instead of being marooned in the house by huge falls of snow and dangerous ice. . I was told yesterday, by a fellow buying meat pies in the [...]
Dec
12
2009
12
2009
Awesome Salsa-dancing British Granny Wins Spanish TV Contest.
Hey, . Did you hear the one about the 75 year old Salsa-dancing granny? . Well, once upon a time, a British pensioner and her husband did what so many older people do. They retired to a place in Spain, near to Valencia. . So far so normal. . Five years ago, when Mrs. Jones [...]
Dec
10
2009
10
2009
New Eye Implants Offer Perfect Vision.
Hi, . Remember my with laser eye correction? I ended up cancelling my appointment for the laser operation because I had continued doing research on the procedure and had become concerned upon a few points. Two years previously I had been diagnosed as having the beginnings of catatract formation in both eyes, which was a [...]
Dec
5
2009
5
2009
Couldn’t Sleep Again.
Hi, . Could not sleep again last night. I woke up in the early hours and lay there warm and snug for a while but eventually I decided to get up. . Last night we had a Chinese ….and then beers and treats with a film called Transporter 2. It seems like a good film [...]
Nov
17
2009
17
2009
Could The Fountain Of Life Have Flowed With Green Tea!
Good day, . It is a lovely day today. The sky is a startling blue and the sun is shining. It has been so very wet lately that you can almost see the steam rising as the area dries out, like damp clothes on an airer. . The work that is being done in the [...]
Nov
11
2009
11
2009
Poem: My Garden Is Full Of Crap.
My Garden Is Full Of Crap. . The old lady next door Is a looney. The old woman next door Is a tartar. She has hundreds of cats And they’re driving me bats, By crapping all over my Iris Ensata. . .
Oct
19
2009
19
2009
Get Your Granny A Computer.
Good morning to you, . Well, that was a strange weekend. By the time it was finished I was feeling really sorry for myself. . Last night I was doing my best imitation of a caterpillar, because Big H had me smothered in quilts as I was so shivery . I spent the night on [...]
Oct
9
2009
9
2009
Caring for An Alzheimer’s Sufferer.
Hi, . There are at least 400.000 people affected by Alzheimer’s in Britain at the moment. For those dealing with a person with Alzheimer’s, or those who wonder if they could, or for those just curious about the condition there is a moving account about someone who spent years trying to cope with this awful [...]
Oct
8
2009
8
2009
Help For Rheumatoid Arthritis Sufferers?
Hey,, . Even more useful information drawn from The Times today. . It seems that there are currently about 40,000 patients, with Rheumatoid Arthritis, who cannot be helped with available medications. . For the last decade there were no new medications developed that could help these people. Tocilizumab is the first. It is administered by [...]
Sep
24
2009
24
2009
AMD. Age-Related Macular Degeneration.
Hi, . This condition affects many people as they grow older.. In the UK alone there are approaching quarter of a million people who have suffered the effects of AMD, which causes damage to the retina resulting in full or partial loss of vision. . It is good news that Professor John Marshall, an early [...]
Sep
19
2009
19
2009
Office Politics.
Hey. . Yes, ladies, having been married for years has it’s compensations. After all, the fact that you had the foresight to grab an available man, before the advent of all these liberated, bosom showing, backside twitching modern maneaters, is something to be grateful for. Perhaps the bosom is not as alluring as it once [...]
Sep
17
2009
17
2009
Dogs’ Bums And Their Owners.
Good morning to you, . As usual, I was up this morning. It is really sunny outside and the sky is a pale Wedgewood blue. A quite entrancing start to the day, until I bagged up some rubbish and went out of the patio door and I needed to do these things with some alacrity [...]
Sep
2
2009
2
2009
Laziness Is A Slippery Slope.
Hi. . Today we have a pretty morning here. The sun is just pouring over the skyline and it must have been raining heavily during the night, because all of the slate roofs are black and wet. The sunlight is reflecting off the the tiles and it looks beautiful. Some of the windows are also [...]
Aug
27
2009
27
2009
Death from a surfeit of sex with vigorous young studs.
Hi, . Today I am very late in writing my page. Usually I do it first thing in the morning, anytime after 4.00am, but today I slept in. Don’t ask me why, cos I have no idea. The only thing I know for sure, is that it was not caused by my having had a [...]
Aug
23
2009
23
2009
X Factor.
Hello. hello. hello. . . I am happy to say that I now have a reason to live for the next few months. . X FACTOR IS BACK!!!!!!!! It began tonight, and I have had my first addictive fix of Simon and his cohorts, along with the fun of those first few hapless people whose [...]
Aug
22
2009
22
2009
Alzheimers.
Hello, . It is now thought, by American scientists, that if people drink five cups of coffee per day, then they will reduce their chances of developing . The research was carried out with laboratory mice, which were specially bred to develop Alzheimers when they reached the mouse equivalent of of human old age. . [...]
Aug
17
2009
17
2009
What About Me?
Hi to you all. . Today is a gem, beautiful and very sunny. Most excellent. If there is any rain coming then I sincerely hope that it goes to you and not me! . I have an acquaintance in the place where I live and when we meet we always have a long chat. She [...]
Aug
4
2009
4
2009
Beware.Down this path lie incontinence pants.
Hi, . Beware of all sales. . I recently found myself looking at an add for digital hearing aids, and doggedly reading every tempting, persuasive word of it, right through to the last bloody full stop. Well, they are such highly expensive items to buy, so this was an excellent offer, a real money saver. [...]
Aug
2
2009
2
2009
Sod the Zimmer frame.
Good Morning to you, . This is an unusually leisurely morning for me. Over the last two weeks we have had the plasterers in to replaster two bedrooms, and it is not a relaxing process. Usually I get up hours before Big H, feed the birds, have my breakfast, then sit around in my dressing [...]
Jul
5
2009
5
2009
Give Them Jam And Bread.
HI Peeps, Hoping all is well with you. . I have invented a good way to vastly reduce the cost of running an Old People’s home. All that is needed are vast amounts of jam, an ample supply of bread and a DVD of ‘Brief Encounter’. This being a 1945 black and white film starring [...]
Jul
3
2009
3
2009
A bloody sneak attack
Hello Everyone, . Today the weather here is still unbelievably tropical. For the last three or four days it has been hot and humid to an extent which is unusual here. . However I have found myself an unexpected drawback. . Normally I would not consider wearing shorts. In fact I think that the last [...]
Jun
25
2009
25
2009
Secret police
Hey, I have had a chulo day . I blogged a bit, drew for a while, did the Times crossword and generally enjoyed myself. Big H made me some poached eggs for my tea and then went out to his friend’s house as it is a Thursday night and they have a standing arrangement to [...]
Jun
20
2009
20
2009
Cataracts.
Hi, . Yesterday I went to town for my yearly eye test, which is now free because I am over 60. . Last year the Optician used some kind of new camera that takes a photograph of the insides of your eyes, in order to check for all kinds of disease and degeneration. . You [...]
