adjusting to retirement
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The Art of Just Sitting Around
Learning to cope with retirement helped me develop skills to cope with the pandemic. Including perfecting the art of just sitting around.
coping with Covid-19
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Pub Night: Brigadoon on the Jock.
During a long winter, in the middle of a lock-down, after a year of pandemic, we are so ready for a pub night. Even if it is imaginary.
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Hard Winter Tales
We’re in for a hard winter this year. Not in the old way. Not because the temperature will drop to -30° C. But in a new way because of COVID.
coping with Covid-19
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When the Whole Year Is a Teachable Moment
2020 has been one heck of a year. A difficult year. One big teachable moment, in my opinion. And it’s not over yet.
coping with Covid-19
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Desperate Hair Measures
During these desperate hair times, I have resorted to desperate hair measures. I gave myself a Covid hair cut. Yes I did!
coping with Covid-19
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Wobbly Weekend
I had a wobbly weekend, my friends. Felt a bit of isolation anxiety. But like those toys from the seventies, I wobbled, but I didn’t fall down.
coping with Covid-19
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Our Isolation Diary
What’s your “Isolation Diary” look like? Have you fallen into a rhythm. We have. And it’s a rhythm that I find very comforting.
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Cheese Scones and Gentle Reading
There’s nothing like a little gentle reading to help us cope with all this pandemic stuff. Gentle reading and cheese scones. Works for me.