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Here you can follow my latest adventure as a podcaster as well as my writing projects, role as a Celebrant and blog posts covering all three activities. I am thrilled to announce that Yesterday Podcast – yesterdaypodcast.com – is in the planning stages so please watch this space for more information, updates and the necessary links.
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I have lived long enough to appreciate Buddha’s wise words as I try to follow his advice by enjoying each day without dwelling on an ever growing quire* of memories; or worrying about what the future might hold.
This is often easier said than done; but what I have learned along life’s journey is that, as we get older, we tend to regret the things we have not done – the missed opportunities – rather than any mistakes we might have made by taking an action.
With this thought in mind, in January ’25 together with The Husband and the pet dog, we left a freezing Norfolk and began a fresh – but delightfully familiar – phase of our lives in Southern Spain.
It is here that I plan to launch Yesterday Podcast which is aimed at listeners of a “certain” age – those of us who are in what are
euphemistically known as our “Golden Years”.
At last an outlet to channel my strong opinions; The Husband will no longer be alone in listening to my assertive rants about perceived injustices; and frustrations at the behaviour of incompetent politicians – to say nothing of the current government policy of marginalising us oldies.
I am excited to get behind a microphone again and also to face the challenge of introducing a technophobe generation of fellow Baby Boomers to the joyful freedom of listening to podcasts.
Happily we “pensioners” of today are not retiring – in either sense of the word.
For many of us, myself included, we can choose to become whatever we want. Energy levels permitting, we can selfishly take the opportunity to explore enticing possibilities that we were denied in our youth.
I feel fortunate that I am still relishing a rush of creative ideas … the sort that – head buzzing – nudge you awake at 4.00am, and won’t let you get back to sleep.
My only enemy is Time: finding the time to write, to read, to paint my vibrant water colours; to practise yoga (I have been an enthusiast for almost fifty years), to improve my Spanish and to take Maddie for the long beach walks she loves
“I create my life each day”, is a favourite mantra; while my aim is to stay flexible – in body and mind – for a long time to come!
* Quire (a number of sheets of paper or parchment) is also a poignant collective noun for a collection or group of precious recollections or reminiscences.
