HeyJaredGrowing Old & Owning The Real World
A range of eclectic, pondering rambles about growing old, being proud of being old and negotiating an ever-changing world.
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Moving house with Mildred (opens the original)
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Not sure this post is my most eclectic/eccentric but here goes. I moved into the village, one I knew as a child, 8 months after John died with hopes of any easy fresh start and although things have not worked out as I hoped I do not regret moving here, it was the right decision at the time. For the right reasons. However, life throws googlies at us all the time, and the road is never straight with many dead ends, bumpy rides, even for dogs, particularly Mildred.Mildred entered my life 3 months a
Things that have & haven’t changed (opens the original)
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Celebrating a birthday 5 years on… (opens the original)
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A short self indulgent post today. On Friday, 18th September my daughter Sarah would have been 47 years old and she certainly knew how to celebrate her birthday. Planning would start in June and when she was small she would think about her birthday party and possible presents straight after Easter - which My Little Pony she wanted, that would change of course. The joy of watching her celebrate or hearing about preparations, gave me joy, possibly not her Dadster (John), who used to mutter away ab
Threads of life - the world of work (opens the original)
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Dipping my toe in the Substack water once again (opens the original)
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I pondered about popping up out of the rabbit warren again over the last month. The chief rabbit 🐇 tried to replace Algernon, my inner critic, and kept telling me to stop posting all my eclectic rubbish and go and disappear down another hole, preferably a badger set who would not be as accommodating as he has been. Clearly, Algernon taught him well, as he nearly succeeded. However we reached an agreement. I will leave him alone and try very hard to stay out of his rabbit warrens in future and I
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