Good Old Days. The browning leaves fall from the trees and block the gutters and drains we have to prepare for cold and frosty mornings

The papers tell us that the older folk in this Country now control three-quarters of our wealth and because the population is living longer this will rapidly increase.

Originally posted June 2007 During the past year or so there seems to have been an increase in the number of couples celebrating their sixtieth Wedding Anniversary. This must be due to the large number of couples who were waiting to be married as soon as the last war came to an end. Did You […]

Life begins at 40? It has always been said that life begins at 40. However, according to a recent poll, happy days begin at 55. 53% of the people surveyed said they felt good after a decade of worry over money matters and their retirement prospects. They say they are happy and no longer stressed […]

The Stresses of Modern Life. In these days of uncertainty it seems that almost every one of us, both young and old, suffer from some kind of stress. Care must be taken not to confuse it with the normal worries that are all part of life and without which there would be no incentive to […]

Unless you are lucky enough to have been on a desert island or locked away somewhere you cannot have failed to notice that very shortly we have to go to the polls and declare who we want to govern this country for the next four years. How do we decide? – Can we rely on […]

Over recent weeks almost every time we turn on the television or open a newspaper we have been confronted with reports on bullying. It even went so far as to be used in an attempt for political gain. Perhaps the instigators should have looked up the definition before proceeding. The dictionary states a bully as […]

According to recent reports people in our country are living longer. The medical profession as well as many other groups are quick to take the credit for this although current health reports suggest it might not be sustainable. It also has to be remembered that those now in their seventieth and eightieth years were weaned […]

The Media has recently drawn attention to the various theories related to the beginning of the Human Race as we know it. Regardless of our personal beliefs we have always been led to believe that we all originated in Africa and descend from a species of Ape. One documentary concluded that had it not been […]