It’s hard to remember what a life at work was like now, I’ve adjusted to a new pace of life and that life has more than expanded to fill the time available. When I first retired I made the mistake of trying to pack to much into my weeks, It...
I’m back at Filey today and staying for seven days rather than my normal four. On past visits on my own I’ve found four to be the optimum period, balancing the freedom I feel on holiday on my own with the homesickness. I’m only here for seven days due to...
I woke nice and early today but my shoulder is still not in swimming form so I went out on a nice long bike ride, taking the back roads past the high school to Lytham, proceeding along Green Drive and then cycling back along the millionaires prom onto Lytham green...
A few days ago I hurt my shoulder trying to avoid an elderly person who was unable to swim in a straight line in the pool (compassion). As a result I’ve not been able to swim for most of the week and most every task involving my arms causes a...
Update: sadly I decided to return this little beauty to Amazon today because of reliability problems. In almost all ways it had proved to be excellent, albeit a little slow, but every couple of days the mouse, keyboard or both would stop working and it would need to be restarted....
I’ve had a really great day today, full of pottering activity. As I’ve very fond of saying there’s nothing so satisfying as progress, even if it comes in small packages. Today started late again as I’m still waking up without an alarm clock, mainly because I’m struggling to get to...
It’s not been easy for me to come up with an over-arching philosophy to live by, but gradually I’ve nudged my way towards living with compassion. Daily life is constantly presenting situations, mostly involving people, that frustrate, anger, disappoint … and compassion provides a tool to turn all of these...
My day started better than it ended. After a difficult night trying to get to sleep I switched off the alarm and enjoyed a lovely lie in until about 8am, and then went for a leisurely bike ride before camping out at the Beach Terrace Cafe for a couple of...
I’ve been waiting for the iPad Pro for over a decade, a truly magazine sized, laptop replacement and sketch pad; a device for browsing those coffee top table books that I rarely look at now. The original iPad was too small and too heavy and didn’t work as a sketch...
I decided to cycle straight to Cleveleys today on the basis that if I delayed and visit a cafe in St Annes first I wouldn’t bother as I’m quite weary today. In the end I got to Blackpool before I had to take a rest stop at Caffe Nero, not...