When we decided on a May staycation close to home we had a fair few boxes we needed to tick. Mostly though, we wanted somewhere where 3 generations of my family would be happy and comfortable as well as the doggo 🐾 If travel reviews are your thing then this is for you …. Alnmouth […]

Previous editions of things that bring me joy each month were called ‘Faffing Friday’ but writers AND readers always evolve together. I thought as my aim here is all about documenting what living a 60+ life looks like that ‘Life Lately’ makes more sense. Let’s go then .. I absolutely adore the month of May.

From the moment you walk into the lobby and your cases are magically whisked away by beaming bellboys, you get the feeling this place is going to be something special. It smells expensive. You know the kind of fragrance they pipe through hotels like this? The whole place oozes Ibiza luxe. This is 5-star after

Who decides when you’re ‘too old’ for something? Society? Your family? Your boss? A random stranger on the internet with an opinion? Or, be honest, have you started telling yourself that certain things are off-limits now? I thought about this when I wore my new jeans at the weekend. Random, I know but stay with

June started off strong. Mr B and I spent a week in the North of Ibiza. It had a few blips though which I wrote about in my Travel Diaries ⤵ Travel Diaries: A Review Of Cala San Miguel Resort, Ibiza I had a full two weeks off work which I don’t think I’ve done

We are, quite literally, outliving expectations. Statistically, we’re gaining decades, yes decades of extra life that previous generations never had the chance to imagine, let alone plan for. But what are we doing with all this extra time? We talk a lot about living longer. You see it in online news headlines, in the marketing

I’m later than intended with July’s Life Lately but this summer is proving to be full on for me with so much intention. So many things are coming together for me but they are not happening by chance. I’m trusting in the process of the work that I’ve been doing on myself this year. I’ve

All my Substack posts are now free. No premium tier. No ‘subscribers-only’ content. This post has been in my drafts for a while. I’ve hummed and ahh-ed about it for long enough now. When I started writing here on Substack, I thought putting a price on my writing might help it cut through the noise.

Image Credit: tilburg.ai I’ve seen many words written about this subject. That AI is age and gender-biased against women. I hoped it wasn’t true but over the weekend I came across this Guardian article that made me stop scrolling and read. It turns out everyone’s suspicions aren’t as so far-fetched as we’d hoped. The piece

Over on my old WordPress blog I used to have a regular section where I shared with my readers lovely things I’d discovered. Things I’d actually tried out myself and wanted to shout about or things or places I’d found that I knew if I loved, my readers would love too. And so I shared.