shallilo - Forever Young
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Stories about inspiring older people and the things they do. My senior moments, personal family glimpses and interesting travel.
shallilo - Forever Young
1w ago
Another childbride request to mark my birthday this time, in addition to the family party on Sunday. So overall a good do. The choir once played a Sunday game at the cricket club. It's got a winter feel to it just now. Nice to be out and we were pleased to be able to do the physical side of it. Rained. Bit sore in the afternoon. These views are familiar, recalling the times I took Fern, our retriever, for walks. Pickled Pheasant for lunch. Sleep afterwards.
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shallilo - Forever Young
1w ago
Tiny yellow-green leaves just arrived
Bare birch April branches
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shallilo - Forever Young
3w ago
After the TV episode about Arneside in the series Villages by the Sea, the childbride requested a weekend visit to mark her birthday. We came here every Spring Bank Holiday when the kids were young as part of a group caravan weekend at Holgates in Silverdale. So a trip down memory lane.
Sykes Cottage, opposite the station and five minutes from the village promenade and hence the River Kent. Along with the viaduct that connects to Grange, these features define Arnside. Low fells in the distance, shops and bars behind.
At first the cottage was inaccessible. A phone call to the owner informe ..read more
shallilo - Forever Young
3w ago
solid still grey mossy stones stand
trembly breezy spawny rainwater
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shallilo - Forever Young
1M ago
lighter Spring evenings
robins perch on bare branches
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shallilo - Forever Young
1M ago
This is a tribute to our relationship - 1947 to 2023 - 76 years.
Apologies if the reader doesn’t recall events quite like I have portrayed them, particularly the dates. Memory isn’t what it was and anyway I have selected the good bits, mostly.
I’ve divided it into three: growing up, growing apart and growing old. The rough and tumble of family life, leaving home and developing our lives, and finally becoming pals and confidants.
Growing up. I have covered these early years in detail elsewhere (family stories). My memory is dominated by arguments between D ..read more
shallilo - Forever Young
2M ago
Breezy free swirly circling leaves
Become sodden earth bound clumps
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shallilo - Forever Young
2M ago
The author with his grandson
Initial article here - https://www.shallilo-foreveryoung.org/2021/06/successful-ageing.html
And plenty other sites, including examples like Helen Mirren and Clint Eastwood. This can be overdone and we all now know the benefits of exercise, meditation, new experiences and keeping in touch with friends and family. It's now obvious we have equal amounts of despair and happiness, and we must tailor expectations to what we can do and don't worry if we don't make it. We know all this now, but easy to forget.
This week it's the turn of Suzy Walker and ..read more
shallilo - Forever Young
3M ago
Bitterly cold moments
Honley Ladies at Huddersfield Market - I had to keep moving
Two squirrels short of food
Warmer moments
Scarborough: St Mary's, Freddie's spa tribute, New Year's walk
Filey Bay distillery (price of flagship up £5 so I didn't)
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shallilo - Forever Young
3M ago
Deepak Chopra - how to meditate, Times 6th Jan.
'Ask yourself why you don't meditate .... I got bored, I wasn't getting enough out of it, my life is too busy, I wish I could find the time,'
Meditation is not a quick fix - not a mental health pill.
Meditation returns you to a state you are supposed to be all the time - simple awareness; quiet undisturbed relaxed but alert.
'Sit down in a quiet place where you won't be disturbed. Sit comfortably, preferably in an upright posture. Take a few deep breaths, (centre your attention on the heart, maybe, but as long as there is attention to somethin ..read more