Some life events leave us speechless for a little while. For me, one of those was turning 60. The number itself is absolutely daunting, and no more wriggle room to claim the high road of middle age. For me, 60 is not the new 40, as I have no desire to go backward. As a… Continue reading Thoughts on Turning 60
Category: Musings
Opinions, rantings, a view of our world and my life.
Hello, 2019 – We CANcer vive!
Time to celebrate the arrival of a New Year by turning the last digit to 9.
Life at No.22 – Shifting In
We have been back home in New Zealand for approximately three weeks. To say it has been hectic in a sort of organised chaotic way would be an understatement. Most of that time has had us shifting our "treasures". Though one of us kept referring to those treasures with a more descriptive word. A new… Continue reading Life at No.22 – Shifting In
Wired to Travel
"The compulsion to see what lies beyond that far ridge or that ocean —or this planet— is a defining part of human identity and success." Most people are content to find an oasis, or perhaps another slice of paradise, to escape their daily grind for a few weeks of the year. There are others, like us,… Continue reading Wired to Travel
Growing up in PARADISE – Part 2
As previously stated in Growing up in Paradise, I was a baby in the '50s, a child of the '60s and a teenager in the '70s and adulthood from the late seventies. Life was pretty free and easy back then, even though times were changing.
Life at No. 22 