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It’s the Later Life Ideas Party! (opens the original)
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Hi thereAs you read this, I will be on holiday. Yes, I am writing it in advance, and there may not be another one until I come back, because I’m giving myself permission to do nothing at all when I’m away, not even writing. Nothing at all. What that actually means in practice is going slow enough, and even pausing (Preventing Action Until Serenity Enters) to allow an impulse for action to arise. Easier said than done for someone who loves to charge ahead in life! But I want to see what happens w
I read this book twice in two days. Here’s why... (opens the original)
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Hi thereSo captivated was I with this book ‘Much of What I Know About Love I Learnt from Trees’ that I read the whole thing through in one sitting, and then again, just two days later. Which is why I felt I had to let you know about it. Is it about embracing ageing? Yes, it’s about embracing life with all it throws at you, from birth right through to the deaths of parents, and the aftermath. <a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!sWxs!,f_auto,q
Always too soon, until it’s too late (opens the original)
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Hi thereA couple of days ago a disaster happened with my laptop. For various reasons, which began with the letter ‘s’ sticking, my laptop keyboard is no longer working properly. The first thing to do was to look out the insurance quote. What? Surely not, you mean I didn’t renew the specialist insurance? Apparently not. Or at least I did it in my mind, but not on paper. Couldn’t even find a payment for it, so it must be true. Oh well, the next step was looking at the house contents insurance. Ho
Widowed at 54, I didn't think love would happen again (opens the original)
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Hi thereThe one year anniversary of my husband’s death in 2011 found me in South Africa, visiting a friend. It had been a difficult trip, in floods of tears as I stayed alone overnight in Edinburgh before boarding the plane to Cape Town. This was the furthest I’d travelled on my own for twenty years. Sometime later in that fortnight, sitting on my bed in the guest room, alone in the house, I tentatively looked at an online dating site. Just a minute or so later I slammed the laptop shut, tears b
Grief with relief (opens the original)
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Hi thereHere’s a question: How is it possible to have a close loved one die, be subsumed with grief, and yet have relief floating around too? Surely these two emotions cannot be companions? And even if they are, wouldn’t then guilt (for feeling relief) be lurking too?<div class="image
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