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More jackets for the Autumn

Hi everyone I always say to myself don’t buy any jackets, as the window for wearing them (now I am not in an office) is small. But what have I done? Bought 3 jackets this month alone! All, I hasten

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A dress in my favourite colour – and a bit of this and that

Hi everyone I will be going on holiday shortly, so this week there is a blog post here, but probably not next week. However, I will be putting up pics on Instagram (which has been quite dormant over the past

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Phew – it’s hot! Some thoughts on the heat and – some dresses!

Hello everyone The UK is in the middle of another heatwave and we are doing our usual thing, which is not coping with what other countries in Europe (especially Southern Europe) and the States might think perfectly normal. At the

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A trip to Dulwich art gallery wearing clothes found in my wardrobe

Hi everyone Before I start what about a photo to gladden the heart? You can see that there is an Admiral butterfly fluttering around the bank at the back of my flat, where I’ve put pots of native geraniums (as

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Another outing!

Dear everybody Hello again! It’s definitely onwards and upwards as the weather has been lovely and warm until, that is, Saturday (21st) when it reached the heights of 28C (82.4F) where we live, and much hotter than that in London.

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My changing buying habits

Hi everyone And I’m back almost a week after my cataract op. You won’t get a pic of me for a bit, but everything is progressing as it should. I did get a bit anxious (actually tbh, I’ll be anxious

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Finally a visit to an art gallery!

Hi everyone I visited an art gallery – yay! But first, here is a pic of me in sunglasses inspired by the Anna Wintour look – see below for the reality of no eye-makeup! Btw, I will get back to

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Hello again! Here’s an update about the weather and my spine!

Hi everyone And a big thank you for all the wonderful comments you made on my last post. I found it quite reassuring to hear how many of you had suffered that awful nerve pain – and got over it.

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It’s the weather to wear a jacket!

Hello everyone It’s almost April and time to get out one of my oldest and my most favourite jackets, along with my newest jacket as well. It’s also a post to show you I am getting out and about in

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Style in the outside world

Hello everyone! Before I say anything else – can I apologise profusely to the people who have had problems either subscribing or commenting. The situation is, we think we’ve fixed it and then again it might not be quite right

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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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