Here you will find Something About Mary …
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 – in the autumn of 2024 I will be launching Yesterday Podcast – yesterdaypodcast.com – alongside my former broadcasting colleague, Maurice Boland.
Although, both Maurice and I are in our seventies, we continue to have a youthful attitude to life and are still active with our respective careers in Marbella and Norfolk.
Both of us share a long history in broadcasting – me with a background in journalism and Maurice coming to the radio from a successful career in entertainment.
We worked together for many years in southern Spain first on Onda Cero International, before Maurice founded REM (Radio Europe Mediterraneo) – now known as TRE (Talk Radio Europe).
We are both excited to be working together again on Yesterday Podcast – yesterdaypodcast.com – and are bursting with ideas for its content which will be varied and spontaneous – informative, with some serious news comment as well as light-hearted and entertaining.
Although we have worked together on radio programmes in the past, Yesterday Podcast is a first for both of us and we are expecting that our different personalities will meld into an entertaining listen.
Please watch this space for more information, updates and the necessary links
My rewarding role as a part time Celebrant continues. and here, on my website, there is plenty of information on planning each and every special life event: weddings, vow renewals, child naming ceremonies as well as funerals and celebrations of life.
It is always an honour and a privilege to be involved in the creation and delivery of bespoke ceremonies for my clients and to remain a part of their memories.
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Be where you are, otherwise you will miss your life – Buddha
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 the mistakes we have made by taking an action.
So when I was offered the opportunity to launch a podcast with my old radio friend and colleague, Maurice Boland, it was a no-brainer … well almost…
At last an outlet to channel my strong opinions; The Husband would no longer be alone in listening to my assertive rants about perceived injustices; and frustrations at the behaviour of incompetent politicians.
It would be thrilling 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.
But, on the downside it would mean once again pushing my poor, neglected novel and new ghost-writing project onto the back burner … for a while at least.
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 at this late stage of life, I am relishing a rush of creative ideas … the sort that – head buzzing – nudges 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 practice yoga (I have been an enthusiast for almost fifty years) and to look after our gorgeous pets – the fur-baby, Maddie (a cockapoo-poo); Mason our handsome ginger cat and the four rescue chickens – Marigold, Malka, Miri and Mona. It has been so rewarding to watch their personalities develop alongside their new feathers. Each one – in her individual way – is charming, funny and affectionate. Chickens really are hugely underestimated creatures.
“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.
