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Fine Words Butter No Parsnips
That's a great 17th century proverb; it means that talking gets nothing done, no matter how good your rhetoric might be. In my case it...
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Jun 27, 20244 min read
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Ars Gratia Artis
Bear with me, there's a bit of an introduction to this post. I started watching the classic Doctor Who series when the BBC made them all...
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Feb 28, 20244 min read
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I Am A Music Man
Remember the old children’s song, pia-pia-piano and all that? Well I can’t play an instrument, although I did have lessons at school. My...
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Jan 5, 20245 min read
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To Absent Friends
I didn’t discover the series Friends on Channel Four in the UK until it was a few seasons in. I like to watch series from the beginning,...
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Nov 19, 20233 min read
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Retirement - Year One
One year ago yesterday I sat in the conservatory, isolating alone in that part of the house due to having COVID, and shut the lid of my...
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Sep 1, 20236 min read
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(Draw) Awesome Mix
Just before retiring I signed up for the Draw Awesome year-long art course. Taking up art again was one of the things I'd been looking...
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Aug 20, 20233 min read
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Book Worm, Part Two
I'm not a fan of wandering around shops, but if there's a bookshop nearby my wife can leave me in it like a creche. And if it's an...
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Aug 13, 20235 min read
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Book Worm Part 1
According to Wikipedia, a bookworm is “any insect said to bore through books”, which is ironic since some books recently have bored me...
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Jul 30, 20234 min read
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Memory Failure
Lately I've been sorting out old family photographs and trying to organise them by decade. I've got back as far as the 1930s but have...
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Feb 4, 20233 min read
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That Christmas Feeling
Only three more sleeps until Christmas. All of our decorations are up, both inside and out. The food shopping is mainly done, with only a...
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Dec 23, 20223 min read
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The Creative Mindset
Writing this post, it seems that winter has finally arrived here in the UK. September, October and early November were apparently the...
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Dec 9, 20223 min read
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The Joy of Gardening
Don't worry, despite the title this post does not contain pencil drawings of a naked bearded man in various gardening postures. Any...
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Oct 18, 20223 min read
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Brass Monkeys
I’ve just returned from a very relaxing week at Brompton Lakes in Yorkshire. There’s nothing like being surrounded by nature and wildlife...
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Sep 22, 20223 min read
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Shake Your Foundations
We all have psychological foundations but sometimes we’re not aware of them until they’re rocked. In my last post I talked about my...
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Sep 16, 20224 min read
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In Your Dreams
It's strange how dreams work. Last night I dreamt that I was walking through a building - a building I knew - and passing a number of...
Baggy
Sep 8, 20222 min read
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I Am Not A Number, I Am A Free Man!
You know, sometimes I think I've come up with a great title for a post based on some pop culture reference. Then I realise that you need...
Baggy
Sep 1, 20222 min read
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Stay What?
Don’t act your age in retirement. Act like the inner young person you have always been JA West I was reminded of the West quote this week...
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Aug 3, 20222 min read
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The Big Decision
Do you have a plan for the stages of your life and at what point you’ll transition between them? Do you have some idea of the events that...
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Jul 14, 20222 min read
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Passion Makes Perfect
I started The Baggy Cardigan when I decided to retire after 39 years of full time working. The name comes from a conversation with a good friend, who suggested I would be "pottering around the garden in a baggy cardie".
I don't think I'm ready for that yet, but I thought it might be interesting to track my voyage into the sunset via this blog.
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