sunfell points out- most of those lives will have been short- some very short indeed. In any era but the present- and then only in developed nations- it has been a real achievement for a body (especially a female body) to make it to adulthood- and a rare one for it to win through to old age. We'll have had all sorts of experiences over the centuries- of war, peace, wealth, poverty, achievement, failure- but old age won't be one we'll have gone through very often. It's a privilege, a prize- and we owe it to our earlier selves- who wanted it but hardly ever got it- to tackle it in a positive spirit, to savour it, to get everything out of it we can. Pep Talk
sunfell points out- most of those lives will have been short- some very short indeed. In any era but the present- and then only in developed nations- it has been a real achievement for a body (especially a female body) to make it to adulthood- and a rare one for it to win through to old age. We'll have had all sorts of experiences over the centuries- of war, peace, wealth, poverty, achievement, failure- but old age won't be one we'll have gone through very often. It's a privilege, a prize- and we owe it to our earlier selves- who wanted it but hardly ever got it- to tackle it in a positive spirit, to savour it, to get everything out of it we can. -
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Feudal
"This is still a feudal village," said the lady who lent me the key to Birling church. "They own the pub, they own the forge,…
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Mem'ries
St Michael, East Peckham is one of those churches that has been deserted by the village it served. It has been redundant since 1972 and is…
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Just Over A Week To Halloween
Rainy, stormy night. Every so often I could hear- even feel- the house brace itself against the changes of pressure. This summer I've been…
