Why being Selfish at Sixty changed my life

It’s two years since I started this blog and in that relatively short space of time, so much has changed. I wrote it to mark my 60th birthday and to kick off my year of being ‘Selfish At Sixty’ – where each month I was going to do something lovely, new or adventurous. Where IContinue reading “Why being Selfish at Sixty changed my life”

Letting go

Today, when I was getting my coat from the rack to go on my daily exercise, I noticed that my husband’s leather jacket is still hanging in the hallway. Some of his shoes are also in the shoe rack. Most of his clothes have gone, to charity shops, homeless shelters. So why am I hangingContinue reading “Letting go”

The virtual life

So this week I’ve sung in a choir every day, sweated in two pilates classes and taught another, had afternoon tea with my cousin, chatted to all my nieces and nephews in Scotland and Yorkshire, had a game of bingo with friends, enjoyed a gin-and-tonic- fuelled girlie evening with another group of friends, and spentContinue reading “The virtual life”