Author Archives: john graham

Last Laugh Looney Party 2017 Election manifesto

There is an election coming up so de-cluttering at home has been set aside for a while in order to put the world to rights.     There are so  many problems all connected with older people and let’s face … Continue reading

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Government Report on Ageing 2013

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In their de-cluttering efforts the Tidy Bears rediscovered a House of Lords Select Committee report I was given in March 2013, entitled ” Ready for Ageing ? ”    I can’t imagine why I didn’t write about it at the time, maybe I didn’t … Continue reading

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Tidy Bears Open Box 2

Today Whitey Bear found a box on a shelf in the study which Uncle Den had made.  The box had a lock, so Whitey thought “it must contain something valuable”.  Sadly when he opened it was completely empty.     … Continue reading

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Tidy Bears Open Box 1

Today the Tidy Bears have started to de-clutter the first of the many boxes around the house.    They can safely start with the blue box in the main bedroom because it is full of John’s stuff.   It is the … Continue reading

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Jeremy Corbyn’s Social Care — less

This is a post about politicians, pensioners and social care.  It follows on from my blogs on the previous two Sunday’s which are entitled – “Older People are Clutter” and “Social Care Straws in the Wind”. The local election season … Continue reading

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Clutter Boxes or Tidy Boxes

One way of de-cluttering is emptying boxes (for that include cardboard boxes, wooden boxes, chests, ottomans, baskets, etc).  It is not really de-cluttering, in fact it is just “out of sight, out of mind” cluttering.   You put things in … Continue reading

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SCRAP Step 31 —- Clutter Lessens

I seem to have been at this de-cluttering lark for an age.    What have I learned so far ? FOCUS —- stay on a narrow track when you are de-cluttering.    It is all too easy to get deflected … Continue reading

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Social Care Straws in the Wind

Social care for older people is in a mess.     An almost permanent hotchpotch of indecision and political prevarication.    The truth is nobody much cares about older voters until elections come around. The NHS does as little social care … Continue reading

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SCRAP Step 30 – Travel Books.

Walking through your travel books is like walking through the leisurely chapters of your life.    Whenever we go on holiday I always collect tourist books and maps either before we travel or more likely when we get there.   … Continue reading

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Tidy Bears and Flower Vases

The Bears are continuing there relentless search for clutter to de-clutter. Peter Rabbit and is the smart one in the team and he thought they should change their name to the Tidy Bears.     “That would leave John totally responsible  for all the … Continue reading

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