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Ursula the critical cat lolling beside five diaries and journals

40. Even bad diaries are good in later life — Tracy Farr

January 12, 2026

Anyone can keep a diary or journal. It’s easy, you can’t fail. For older people it brings special benefits. Plus, less embarrassing like the diaries of youth, bless them.

four older dancers as crones in sunset colours, on a sunset background

39. Dancing as you age with Jan Bolwell

December 30, 2025

So good to know we can keep on dancing as we age. That includes Jan Bolwell, who dances and performs after two mastectomies and a hip replacement.Inspiring.

Christmas tree on a table top. New Zealand native pittosporum with red bows and two pottery angels.

38. Christmas here, now and everywhere

December 16, 2025

Christmas is here, there and everywhere. What does it mean to you? And has that changed as you’ve grown older?

photo of Jill Nuthall, aged 89, November 2025

37. A long and joyful working life — Jill Nuthall

November 17, 2025

I’m learning how to be old from my big sister Jill. She looks back on a joyful working life as a social worker. She has a great tip for making sense of your own career, and appreciating what you achieved.

36. Love in later life — with Rhonda Pritchard

November 5, 2025

Remember “Love in the Real World”? In this discussion, Rhonda Pritchard updates her famous and refreshingly realistic book after 30 years. Some elements change when you’re older. Ohers matter even more.