A good life at any age
12 December 2025 | Living Well
Mention Wegovy, Ozempic, Mounjaro and Oprah in the same sentence and the mind goes into overdrive. The judgement noise around the use of injectable weight-loss drugs is LOUD.
Taking away drugs from those who really need it ie Diabetics, was probably the first judgement call. Then there’s- only people with no willpower have to take weight loss drugs. Weight loss is simple- eat less exercise more! Losing weight with Ozempic is cheating. You must have a big ego and be rich to subject yourself to a weekly injection totaling $260-460 a month. Why would old people want these drugs? What a waste!
So why on earth would I be sitting here seriously considering starting on Wegovy, having studied the side effects, spoken to a number of people who have taken it and understanding that it’s a serious investment I would be making?
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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
Never one to live moderately, I now belong to 3 book groups. I’m reading more than ever and I’m reading books and exploring authors that I never before knew about. Recently, we were asked to share a list of all-time favourite books. This is my list in no particular order……
13 November 2025 | Life-Style
” Do not go gentle into that good night, Old age should burn and rave at close of day; Rage, rage against the dying of the light.” A mantra for older age. A Funeral eulogy favourite. Dylan Thomas’s famous poem suddenly came to life last October when I visited his…
8 January 2024 | Life-Style
Someone once said ” There are 2 seasons in Scotland- June and winter!” I should have heard this before I set off to the UK in September/ October this year! I had grand plans. For my 74th birthday I would spend a week in my favourite town in Scotland, Oban….
21 November 2023 | Life-Style
Mention Wegovy, Ozempic, Mounjaro and Oprah in the same sentence and the mind goes into overdrive. The judgement noise around the use of injectable weight-loss drugs is LOUD. Taking away drugs from those who really need it ie Diabetics, was probably the first judgement call. Then there’s- only people with…
12 December 2025 | Living Well
I’m often asked what does Positive Ageing look like? It all sounds as if surround sound, continual happiness is the goal. In Fairyland maybe..but not in this world! Leonard Cohen, in one of his songs says something like- “There’s a crack, there’s a crack in everything. That’s how the light…
8 December 2025 | Living Well
” It’s beginning to cost a lot like Christmas!” A saw a pale face look back at me in the mirror this morning. Lady, you need a day off! It’s the pre-Christmas season and catching up with friends, family adventures, shopping, packing, cooking, decorating, planning, cleaning, more planning and negotiating …
1 December 2025 | Living Well