by Barry Phegan | Feb 27, 2025 | Aging, Living Life
Early last year I read an article suggesting we should shake up our lives every 10 years. I’m not a fan of “shoulds”, but the idea was attractive. So in June 2024 I stopped volunteering at Venetia Valley primary school, and in January 2025 handed over...
by Barry Phegan | Nov 21, 2023 | Aging, Living Life
I was talking with my son about his retirement, which is probably 15 to 20 years away. This got me thinking about my own future and my remaining years. At this point, I’m looking at quality, not quantity. I turned 84 this month. While another 10 years would be...
by Barry Phegan | Dec 29, 2022 | Aging, Social comment
Global climate change brought me some personal and unexpected consequences that told me I have a new future. Back in 2006 when I saw Al Gore’s documentary, “An Inconvenient Truth” it seemed that climate change (known in those days as ‘global warming’) was...
by Barry Phegan | May 1, 2022 | Aging, Living Life
Recently seeing a park full of happy people enjoying a sunny Saturday had me smiling all the way home — and further. I’ve been smiling a lot this last year. Yes, life is good. My happiness may be strangely related to this blog. In mid-April, the flight back...
by Barry Phegan | Apr 1, 2022 | Aging, Social comment
“What happens after I die?” “Lots of things, none of which will concern you.” I won’t be concerned after I die and wasn’t concerned before I was born. In between, concern seems part of living. Why am I concerned? Do concern, and its extensions worry and...
by Barry Phegan | Mar 1, 2022 | Aging, Living Life
BY C. P. CAVAFY, 1911 TRANSLATED BY EDMUND KEELEY As you set out for Ithaka hope your road is a long one, full of adventure, full of discovery. Laistrygonians, Cyclops, angry Poseidon—don’t be afraid of them: you’ll never find things like that on your way as...
