October 8th, 2008 at 11:39am
Myths and misconceptions about retirement. - I have now been retired (mostly) for the past six years so, whilst I am still a relative newcomer to retirement, I have had ample opportunity to reflect on how I reached this stage. This stage being a state of staying fairly constructive and busy, whilst body and brain start the long (hopefully slow) decline into old(er) age - just when we could use more energy and vitality rather than less!
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August 8th, 2008 at 4:00pm
Banana’s younger brother, George came back to the farm again on holiday. This time he brought his friend Henry, the orange monkey, with him. George was a good little gorilla and helped his big brother on the farm whenever he could. However, as we know, Henry was a little monkey all the time!
One day, Bananas agreed to take George and Henry kite flying high on the moors where there was lots and lots of wind and plenty of open space.
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July 31st, 2008 at 3:10pm
Long, long ago, a beautiful princess lived in a tiny castle high up on Bear Mountain. Her father John was the King of the valley and lived many miles away. King John’s army was not very big so he gave his daughter just two of his best soldiers to protect her. The bravest of the two was Captain Henry who guarded the castle with just one young soldier.
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June 20th, 2008 at 1:12pm
- Inspired by my grandson -
Bananas’ little brother George came home from school to spend his summer holidays on the farm with Bananas and Farmer Jones. George wanted to help but he couldn’t lift the heavy bales of straw or drive the tractors because he was still a very small gorilla!
“Cheer up George!” said Bananas, “you may be little but there are many things you can do on the farm”. George got a big mug of hot chocolate and went outside to sit on a bale of hay to think. “What can I do? I am good at discovering things”, he thought to himself.
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June 18th, 2008 at 1:53pm
Encouraging feedback from our sister, also a grandma: " I love your new site! I think it will catch on once oldies find it (and can remember how to find it again). "
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Myths and misconceptions about retirement. - I have now been retired (mostly) for the past six years so, whilst I am still a relative newcomer to retirement, I have had ample opportunity to reflect on how I reached this stage. This stage being a state of staying fairly constructive and busy, whilst body and brain start the long (hopefully slow) decline into old(er) age - just when we could use more energy and vitality rather than less!
