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This and that and a couple of Autumnal outfits

Hello again Oh my word, another big apology as it really is a very long time since I posted a blog here. I haven’t been idle though, as there continue to be many appointments connected with my health. And, I’ve

conversations with an older woman 10 September 2026 Attitudes to ageing, Health, Style 18 Comments Read more

Is this the last of the summer? And the summer dresses?

Hello everyone Is that it? Is this the end of the horrendous heat we’ve been having in the UK? I do hope so. I know us Brits complain about the weather all the time, with often very little reason as,

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A wedding in the family! And a fashion parade from me!

Hello everyone I hope I won’t bore you rigid with this blog, but I just have to tell you of an exceedingly happy event I went to a couple of days ago. This was my son’s wedding. A year ago

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Two visits to the Tate – two very different exhibitions

Hello again everyone At the beginning of July we (my other half and me) went to the Tate Modern and at the end of the month we went to the Tate Britain, and two more contrasting exhibitions you could not

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Films seen this half of the year

Hello everyone I thought it about time I told you about the 25 films I’ve seen so far this year. They’ve been the usual mixed bunch ranging from beyond outstanding to nope, not good! As you know I tend to

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A much loved hot weather outfit

Hello again Good news! Our hot weather is just about to lessen this weekend, however, the much needed rain is not forecast for another 10 days. It’s been a long, long heatwave, which is very unusual for the UK, and

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Our unusual hot weather

Hi everyone Another gap, but whilst I was away from this blog I was busily writing my latest piece for My Other Blog. Do have a look as it is not at all any kind of rant, instead it is

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On being 80

Hi everyone I thought I might give you some of my reflections on turning 80. This is due, partly, to the actual event of my 80th birthday, and also because I’ve just read one of my gifts, a book by

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My birthday outfit

Hi everyone This is more like it! For my birthday I went, as you would expect, to an art gallery. This time the gallery was in Eastbourne, which is quite near where we live. And I wore an outfit that

conversations with an older woman 9 June 2026 Art, Style Read more

My birthday celebrations!

Hi everyone Well, May was not the month for blogs was it, as first, I was away and then the heatwave we had last week, which gave us extraordinarily high temperatures for the month of May and rendered me incapable

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About me

My name is Penny Kocher, I am 80 years old, and I live in the UK, in a small county town called Lewes. I used to write two blogs: Frugal Fashion Shopper and My Other Blog.
My reasons for setting up this new blog is how do we make these years the ‘best of times’ whilst also acknowledging and dealing with our ageing bodies. 

So, this new blog will have posts on health issues, but I will also write about films, television, books and visits to art galleries. Occasionally thrown into the mix will be a post on style, and ones that are more serious and/or political. 

Above all I hope to have conversations with everyone who reads this blog.  Ageing comes to us all – let’s look at this ageing lark together! 


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