Category: Almost old

3 songs about getting old

June 1, 2022

I’ve been collecting songs about getting old. Some by young or youngish songwriters, some by old songwriters. And they are worlds apart.

Trish Harris makes a bold suggestion: a royal wheelchair

May 30, 2022

I can’t help myself. I have to share a link to an article by Trish Harris on Queen Elizabeth’s intermittent problems of mobility. It’s funny but very serious too. She really made me think about what is implied by the language we use around disability and assistive devices like wheelchairs… or glasses or hearing aids […]

Cold water swimming and anxiety

May 28, 2022

Don’t judge cold water swimming the first time you do it. After six 3-minute swims you may be acclimatised—and calm.

Monitor your unintentional ageism

May 11, 2022

You’re not ageist, are you? You know some lovely old people. If you make ageist remarks, it’s unintentional.

Are you aged or old?

May 9, 2022

I had always thought of the word aged as a hard-to-pronounce synonym for old. Are you aged or old? The difference is mighty interesting.