A good life at any age
21 March 2019 | Life-Style
Anyone for truffle hunting? A trip to Pienza perhaps? Continue travelling with Maureen on day four of her culinary journey in Tuscany. Feel inspired to gourmet travel? There are links to food and wine tours at the end of the article.
We are all off truffle hunting today. We start early as it is a bit of a drive to San Giovanni d’Asso. We are to meet the famous lawyer and white truffle hunter “Fabio Capitani”. The ride is smooth as we wend our way through the countryside so familiar to me now. We arrive outside the village. Two men await us in small cars. Surprisingly it isn’t too secretive so far – cautious, yes but not exceptionally so. They motion to us to follow and take off at a breakneck speed in their little sprite while we do our best to keep up lumbering behind in the “van”.
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What were you doing in 1970’s? I know there’s the joke about if you can remember the 60’s (or was that the 1970’s?) you weren’t there! I took a trip (unintentional pun) today and found myself in a small university art gallery in the regional city of Bendigo where I…
19 March 2019 | Arts
Here in Australia we’ve roasted with heat wave conditions for months now, but this weekend something happened. The air took on a different feel, the weather cooled, the colour of leaves started to turn and it was time to take the furry rug out of the cupboard. I look forward…
11 March 2019 | Arts
Spike Lee won Best Director at last week’s Oscars for Blackkklansman. Deservedly so, for if films are made to bring about an emotional response from the audience, this one achieved its goal. This is a tough film to watch because it a tough subject. The Ku Klux Klan and racism…
4 March 2019 | Arts
Wednesday We are all off truffle hunting today. We start early as it is a bit of a drive to San Giovanni d’Asso. We are to meet the famous lawyer and white truffle hunter “Fabio Capitani”. The ride is smooth as we wend our way through the countryside so familiar…
21 March 2019 | Life-Style
Our travels continue on day three of our eight day food and wine tour of Tuscany. Enjoy the journey……! Tuesday This morning we head out to “Il Casale”, between Pienza and Montepulciano. Il Casale is an organic farm owned by a Swiss family, Urich and Sandra Schmidig along with their…
18 March 2019 | Life-Style
Come Travelling!…we continue our week long virtual food and wine tour of Tuscany with Maureen…. Monday I know that it is early. I can hear the morning birds singing outside. I fling open the window and smile, yes this is Italy and I am here…finally. I look up at the…
18 March 2019 | Life-Style
What’s in a word? How do you like to be identified? Are you one of the Boomer generation, a senior citizen, a pensioner, an elder, an older person, a sexagenarian, or a retiree? Are you in your old age, your later years, your declining years or your third age? Are…
21 March 2019 | Living Well
In this life coaching series we have looked at the 5BE’s of living well at an older age. Be Curious, Be Connected, Be Moderate, Be Still and finally, today Be Active. Living Well means having a sense of purpose, a joy in getting out of bed each day and a…
14 March 2019 | Living Well
“In the midst of movement and chaos keep stillness inside of you.” Deepak Chopra Today we explore another of the 5 BE’s for living a good life in our later years. (Be curious, be connected, be moderate, be still and be active) We look at Stillness. So find a quiet…
13 March 2019 | Living Well