birthday – Wearily Hopeful

59

I remember once reading that your late 50s and early 60s are a time when you can get the most conservative and resistant to change: the siren call of nostalgia- ‘things were better then’ , an awareness that everything that is touted as ‘the next big thing’ you’ve seen in at least three different iterationsContinue reading “59”

Pensioner

Today marks my first day as a pensioner: a pension from a previous employer begins from today. I’ll still be working for many years to come, but ‘pensioner’ has a strange ring to it- it is me, but is this me? I have no desire to hide the label: it’s part of life, and evenContinue reading “Pensioner”