The last few weeks have been very challenging for Tanya and her family. Her 79-year-old brother Garth had a serious accident with a loaded wheelbarrow on his steep driveway in Cheltenham, breaking his artificial hip joint and his femur. He had four hours of surgery, and recovery of body and brain are taking a long […]
1. Ageing is Damned Hard Work!
April 21, 2021 by 3 Comments
As two over-75-year-olds we’ve become very aware of the challenges of ageing! Instead of writing about the arts and other interesting aspects of our current privileged lives, we’ve decided to be forthright about some of the issues we face, and our attempts to manage them creatively. We are keen to make sure we keep body, […]
2. General Health and Fitness
April 21, 2021 by 1 Comment
We’ve decided to take a proactive and preventative approach to our health, so we are getting ourselves checked out by professionals to make sure we can stay as fit a possible for as long as possible, and are less likely to become a burden on each other or a wider support circle. Because of living […]
3. Exercise – body and mind
April 21, 2021 by 3 Comments
One of our big differences as a couple has always been our attitudes to exercise. Tanya says: As someone blessed with relatively good health and fitness most of my life, I have been startled to realise that I can no longer take my physical skills for granted! I already have two bionic hips and one […]
5. …and what of the future?
April 21, 2021 by 9 Comments
We are filled with gratitude that we are still both alive, loving and supporting each other, mostly in good health, and able to enjoy life in this amazing country, Aotearoa. We specially appreciate the tree-bordered streets and parks of Grey Lynn, the easy access to interesting cultural activities and eating places , the […]
1. International Women’s Day and Month
March 18, 2021 by Leave a Comment
A LIVELY WOMEN’S DISCUSSION “Level Up –Let’s change the World” (scheduled for International Women’s Day, but postponed because of Covid Lockdown) was an intergenerational discussion chaired with skill and empathy by Miriama Kamo. It made an inspiring – and challenging- 7.30am start to the day on Wednesday 17 March at the Civic Club. A diverse […]
3. Other Women’s Events This Month.
March 18, 2021 by Leave a Comment
ALBA – an Octagenarian cyclist ALBA, the Auckland Lesbian Business Association, had as its guest speaker on Wednesday 10th March a very special woman – Jill Lundmark, who has, for the last 13 years, until Covid Lockdowns stopped her, taken her bicycle and gone overseas for 3 months of every year, exploring new places each […]
Being at home…
January 22, 2021 by Leave a Comment
Charmaine had no wish to ride a bicycle for three days in the mountains, and decided to stay home and get her mind in order. (“Mind has mountains, cliffs of fall” wrote poet Gerard Manley Hopkins- and she had definitely been feeling anxious about bike-riding, and in need for some sustained quiet time to re-order […]
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