This week we welcome a new Creative Contributor to our Viva Community. Inge Hatton lives in Canada. Here’s her story……. In 1998, I was single, my children were away at Graduate School, I had sold the family home, was still working as a Cognitive Behavioural (CB)  psychotherapist and I was…

Myanmar had never really been on my list of “must see” countries….until my daughter and her family moved there. As a solo traveller it would be great to have a home base, and insider knowledge of where to go and what to see. My first few days were spent in…

This is the final article in our series about the region of Umbria in Italy. Last week I was able to catch up with Linda Linhart who is a creative collaborator with VIVA70. What a wonderful evening! Linda has recently returned from a trip to Umbria and we shared stories…

Hi! It’s Linda Linhart here continuing the series of articles about travels in Italy. A great response to the last article on  Loving Lucca, so thank you. Today we head to the beautiful region of Umbria and its major city, Perugia. It’s in central Italy and right next door to the…

Viva 70 brings you  a series of conversations with people doing interesting things in their later years (50- 85 plus). This week I caught up with Linda Linhart who’s just returned from spending a month in Italy. Linda tell us a little about yourself and why this trip to Lucca?…

Strolling along a café strip the other day I looked up to see a woman dressed in a 60’s style black shift dress, low leopard print heels and carrying a black straw bag. It was a hot day and her grey hair was pinned into a messy up-do. Rose gold…

I love retirement for many reasons. I have more time to play and explore my home town instead of keeping commuter hours. I also don’t have to dress conservatively in work clothes. My wardrobe has more colour and a greater variety of casual clothes. I experiment and where possible buy…

I wanted a different kind of holiday. I was 65. My funds were limited. I was travelling solo and I wanted an adventure. I decided to spend 6 weeks teaching English to high school students in Bali. I checked out volunteer organisations, signed up and headed off with an Indonesian…

I was at dinner with friends last night. It was a mixed group of some older people like myself and a lovely group of 30 somethings.  As the conversation moved along, the name Marie Kondo came up. The younger set and one of my older friends exploded into shared ecstasy…