Author Archives: john graham

Television Benefits 😀

Posted on July 21, 2019 by john graham

This is a great storey of how good can come out of a bad idea.    It is also a storey of cowardly policy, disregard of older people’s views, unintended consequences and happily a potentially a very good end result … Continue reading →

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Deaf Ears

Posted on July 18, 2019 by john graham

A report published by Exeter University and Kings College London attracted a front page headline in The Times this week. It was about a study of over 25,000 older people and it concluded that those who wore hearing aids performed … Continue reading →

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Stone

Posted on July 10, 2019 by john graham

I am ossifying like a stone, turning into a calcified bone. I need a Project, something to do. MY BRAIN IS FREEZING, I AM SLOWLY SLOWING DOWN.   Something worthwhile, not a time filler. S-t-r-e-t-c-h-i-n-g, a new-skill challenge,   I … Continue reading →

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Cloud Surfing – New Orleans

Posted on July 7, 2019 by john graham

GrumbleSmiles was set up to provide innovative answers to tackling the problems of loneliness in later life.    Many older people are less able to get out and about, which can be the first steps towards a life of isolation. … Continue reading →

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Pangolin Nonsense

Posted on July 3, 2019 by john graham

Today I woke up with a pangolin 😀 it just popped into my head😇 l don’t know where it came from ? was it something that I said?   Pangolin was only only a word, rolling around in my brain. … Continue reading →

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Cloud Surfing – Ontario

Posted on June 30, 2019 by john graham

GrumbleSmiles was set up to provide innovative answers to tackling the problems of loneliness in later life.    Many older people are less able to get out and about, which can be the first steps towards a life of isolation. … Continue reading →

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Shockingly Good News !

Posted on June 26, 2019 by john graham

Back in March of this year, I wrote a blog called “Smart Dementia Tracker?”  You can find it by clicking on Dementia in the Tag Cloud.  Since then, the idea has developed rather alarmingly. There has been a potentially remarkable breakthrough … Continue reading →

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Cloud Surfing – Washington State again

Posted on June 23, 2019 by john graham

GrumbleSmiles was set up to provide innovative answers to tackling the problems of loneliness in later life.    Many older people are less able to get out and about, which can be the first steps towards a life of isolation. … Continue reading →

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Rainy day

Posted on June 19, 2019 by john graham

It was a rainy day today. A go away day. A stay indoors day. An excuse for doing nothing day.   But it’s not a hurricane day. No floods to hold back day. Not even a thunder and lightening day. … Continue reading →

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Cloud Surfing – Brasilia

Posted on June 16, 2019 by john graham

GrumbleSmiles was set up to provide innovative answers to tackling the problems of loneliness in later life.    Many older people are less able to get out and about, which can be the first steps towards a life of isolation. … Continue reading →

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