Category Archives: SMILES

Dolphins, Dementia and Swimming

Posted on November 5, 2017 by john graham

“Incredibly interesting”  are the words Professor Simon Lovestone an old age psychiatrist at Oxford University uses to describe a study of dolphins with dementia. It is a collaboration between researchers in Florida and Scotland based on examining the brains of … Continue reading →

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My Garden Age 70

Posted on November 2, 2017 by john graham

My garden is growing faster than me,  steadily,  constantly, relentlessly. Some of the trees, shrubs and flowers, were there before me and will be there after me.   I was born into my garden age, to nurture the things around … Continue reading →

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APPLES

Posted on October 24, 2017 by john graham

It’s a windy apples off the trees, blow away the cobwebs, day. The sun shines bright, leaves alight from final flight.   Gravity may bring me back to earth. I wonder what inspiration awaits me today ?  

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Bullish Coffee

Posted on September 24, 2017 by john graham

I used to think coffee was bad for you.    I don’t know where I got that idea from, but tea was the only hot drink in our house.    Although for my school days it was free milk and … Continue reading →

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Aimlessly Aiming

Posted on September 21, 2017 by john graham

It’s a dryin’ lovely, Michalmas daisy kind of day; A bulb planting, sow the seeds of spring beginning. The old age starting of a new life, a year at a time. My Garden Age.   Less of a young years … Continue reading →

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Sky Blue Yonder

Posted on September 20, 2017 by john graham

    Can I do a blog right out of the blue ? Original, different, testing and true,. The answer must surely be NO. We are a product of our history, Our lives are not new. As the days go … Continue reading →

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Best Before Never

Posted on September 17, 2017 by john graham

It was only at the end of July that the Last Laugh Looney Party successfully concluded their Brexit negotiations with Mr Junket of  the European Union.  Finally they have agreed to ban all SMALL PRINT. (See my blog in the Archive dated 31st … Continue reading →

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Aimlessness

Posted on September 5, 2017 by john graham

This is a new type of blog which I intend to write occasionally.  It’s just a series of random thoughts off the top of my head which is nothing to do with the elderly.  Or perhaps it is because I … Continue reading →

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Back to School

Posted on September 3, 2017 by john graham

At last some imaginative ideas about involving older people with young children.   From Wales where else! In Gwynedd, North Wales, four day centres for older people have invited in some nursery school children, with some very positive experiences for both … Continue reading →

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Maybe NOT Snowshill Manor at Kilsby !

Posted on August 17, 2017 by john graham

Following on from my last blog about Snowshill Manor, I’ve had a discussion with Mo and she’s not too keen on the idea of moving into the garden sheds.  I am now having second thoughts about collecting even more clutter … Continue reading →

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