A good life at any age
17 October 2021 | Life-Style
It’s Sunday. Cold and windy with rain showers..early spring. I pick up the newspaper and a chocolate croissant and head home. Morning tea while I watch the daily press conference on TV from the Chief Health Officer, Brett Sutton (who incidentally has the best tatts. under that conservative public servant suit…How do I know?… Footage of his arm while he was getting the Astra Zeneca Jab…that’s how pathetic life has become- lusting after the Chief Health Officer!!)
At the press Conference Victorian Premier, Dan Andrews makes an important announcement. Victorians will be 70% vaccinated by Thursday and although Covid rates are the highest they have been in Victoria, restrictions will ease this week. No more curfew, no movement restrictions. ……..Except Melbournians can’t visit regional Victoria until we reach 80% of Victorians immunised.
It’s not working though. Daylesford is full of tourists and visitors and they are clearly spotted. They’re the ones in expensive Helly Hanson gym gear and noise cancelling headphones..Oh and they’re the ones who never say hallo as they stride around the lake clocking their fit- bits…a dead give-away!
We’re told not to focus on the number of daily cases. We should look at the hospitalisation numbers and deaths. Much better.
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Instagram ‘s a funny thing. As I scrolled and liked my way through the day’s posts I came across Retiring_Not_Shy and smiled. Clever. Funny. A woman who models my kind of clothes. Months pass and I post a shout-out for people to be interviewed for my book 50 Faces: 50…
16 August 2021 | 50 Faces 50 Lives
This week I met a remarkable man. Let me set the scene. It’s my first interview in over a year for my Ageing Well book. For the past year a Covid world made meeting people a risky business. So today I’m as excited as a kid at Christmas as I…
26 March 2021 | 50 Faces 50 Lives
I published this article after an interview with Petrus Spronk in November 2019..it seems like light years ago! It was one of the highlights of the research for my book and I’ll never forget encountering the creative mind in all its purity and the outstanding talent of this great artist….
19 February 2021 | 50 Faces 50 Lives
SBS television recently commissioned surveys to ask more than 2,000 Australians about their views on people with disabilities, older people and overweight people and in a series of three programs attitudes to each group are explored. Hidden cameras, interviews and research findings provide insight into Australian attitudes. Last night the…
26 August 2021 | Arts
If you’ve been clinically depressed you’ll know the force of this debilitating illness and its impact on you and those around you. Thankfully I have been well for many years now but I’m hyper – vigilant during times like the Covid crisis and I’ve learned how to manage my health…
2 July 2021 | Arts | Living Well
Let me share with you some of the wise words and lovely images I came across in the last few weeks. May they keep you focussed on why it’s important even in times of lock-downs and disconnections, to live fully and well as the years fly past…… This man has…
2 July 2021 | Arts
It’s Sunday. Cold and windy with rain showers..early spring. I pick up the newspaper and a chocolate croissant and head home. Morning tea while I watch the daily press conference on TV from the Chief Health Officer, Brett Sutton (who incidentally has the best tatts. under that conservative public servant…
17 October 2021 | Life-Style
Qantas just sent me an email to say that if I can provide evidence of my double Covid vaccination they would give me 1,000 frequent flyer points! Yoo Hoo! Along with the 50 points I already have I cannot actually fly anywhere, but I’m on my way…soon! Oh and no…
26 August 2021 | Life-Style
Viva70 is a community of older people ageing well. There’s no formula for this, as we’re all so wonderfully different, but there are role models all around us. Most of us have at least 30 years in the 3rd stage of our lives and making the most of this phase…
16 July 2021 | Life-Style
Take a snapshot of life in the different states of Australia over the past 6 months and it feels like each state and territory is a different country. With borders, for the most part slammed shut, each state has their own narrative about how to survive the pandemic. New South…
13 October 2021 | Living Well
I don’t know about you, but some days I look in the mirror and say..who’s that old person? Then with dollops of creams, toners, serums and occasionally masterful make – up, the wrinkles, sun spots and lines seem less prominent and I can feel more ” like myself.” The end…
24 August 2021 | Living Well
I don’t know about you but I’m really weary. It’s somehow different to being tired. When I’m tired I just have a good night’s sleep and bounce back. I was having lunch with friends when Melbourne’s latest (5th) lock-down was announced. We all looked shocked and rushed off to cancel…
16 July 2021 | Living Well