A good life at any age
10 July 2020 | Life-Style
Melbourne is back in lock-down and Covid-19 numbers are rising dramatically in Victoria. The pariah state. Other “healthy”states trap shut their borders and carefully managing the flow of freight, Aussies returning from overseas and quarantine while tentatively opening up their lives. Melbourne mid winter is mostly grey and moody and on the nightly news we glimpse Queenslanders beach-side in sunshine. Like kids in the school yard staring through the fence at freedom.
It seems endless and I have a nagging feeling that while isolation feels like we have conquered the beast, it’s a illusion. As soon as we engage with each other- whether locally or globally, we’ll be fighting outbreaks of Covid-19. Life has become a numbers game until a vaccine is found. Even when a vaccine is found there will be a global competition between the most powerful nations to access enough supplies and to control supply lines. Less powerful nations will need to rely on humanitarianism to secure their place in the queue. But I’m not an expert so this week I researched some of the future scenarios developed by experts. My questions focused on Where is this all headed? What does a post-covid world look like?
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A guiding principle of The Good Life is to have purpose, live fully and make each day count. Viva 70 was created to shine a spotlight on this idea for people over 50 and heading into their years of Elderhood. But what if you approach your later years living with…
17 June 2020 | 50 Faces 50 Lives
I’m in Bali and I’ve found the person who will be my driver for my 2 week stay. The first trip is to a local shopping mall. As he skillfully navigates the insane traffic with an air of quiet and calm he is warm and friendly without being too familiar….
17 February 2020 | 50 Faces 50 Lives
As many Viva 70 readers will know my mind has been rattling around the idea of how to do something useful in the area of climate activism when the last time I was politically active was in 1970’s around the Vietnam War! So apart from becoming a more diligent recycler,…
20 January 2020 | 50 Faces 50 Lives
It’s called ” A luminous book full of grace” and “Glinting with insights, a boundlessly generous book.” And yes, its a beauty! It’s the sort of book where you ration its reading because you don’t want it to end. Julia Baird writes ” How do we continue to glow when…
29 June 2020 | Arts
When art galleries reopened I was 2nd in line at a safe, 1.5 meters of social distancing queue. I went to the Bendigo Art Gallery, a fine gold-era building in one of Victoria’s regional cities. It punches above its weight in attracting world class exhibitions. Because of inspired arts leadership,…
25 June 2020 | Arts
I’ve been bingeing a lot lately and reading books about self -acceptance and suspending self -judgement. Paradoxical you think. Well no. My TV drama marathons until the early hours of the morning may leave me bleary eyed and discombobulated the next day but that’s where NO Self- Judgement takes over….
25 June 2020 | Arts
Melbourne is back in lock-down and Covid-19 numbers are rising dramatically in Victoria. The pariah state. Other “healthy”states trap shut their borders and carefully managing the flow of freight, Aussies returning from overseas and quarantine while tentatively opening up their lives. Melbourne mid winter is mostly grey and moody and…
10 July 2020 | Life-Style
It’s Saturday and I’m reading the Good Weekend magazine over my morning coffee. There’s an article entitled Why your Seventies are the new Power Decade. The glossy pages show images of ex model Lauren Hutton (76), Dame Anna Wintour (aka Vogue magazines pouting, suffer no fools editor (70), Dame Helen…
29 June 2020 | Life-Style
Along the highway this morning I passed a caravan with these words written loud and clear…Adventure Before Dementia. But what if its too late? How do you have dementia and still adventure? Is this possible? Or if you, or a loved one have other serious illnesses? What happens when one…
15 June 2020 | Life-Style
We’ve talked recently of inspiration books and the power of words and images to shift the mood and lighten the spirit. This morning my lake walk was magic. A frosty morning, with the sun tentatively making a shy appearance. The birds had none of this reticence and warbled wildly as…
8 July 2020 | Living Well
It’s 4 degrees outside and torrential rain. The mist won’t clear today and the valley is beautifully shrouded in winter’s cloak of icy fog. It’s great if you’re cosy inside the house looking out. There is absolutely nothing to recommend going ” Out There.” Instead I wandered the internet. I…
3 July 2020 | Living Well
Inspiration…we all use the word, we search for inspiration, find it and then look for it again! Here are some questions for you to think about over a cuppa or perhaps to journal …………….. What is inspiration in your world? What does it look like? How does it show up?…
25 June 2020 | Living Well