Attitudes – Conversations with an Older Woman

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

Hello again!

Hi everyone Another gap between these blog posts! But again, I haven’t been idle, as there is a new post on My Other Blog, which you can read if you so wish. OK, is this going to be a post

Hello everyone I can’t say that 2025 was my most favourite year but rest assured this blog is not going to be a tale of misery. However, there were some negative aspects to it especially around my health. But I

It’s winter and I have a new coat! Plus news on this and that.

Hi everyone There’s been bit of a gap between blogs. But I have written another blog on My Other Blog – more about that at the end of this. Also like many of you, I’ve been busy, what with this

My 80th year – and my attitude to that!

Hi everyone Yup, I shall be 80 in June 2026! I usually say, and how did that happen? I will try not to! Ha! So, what is my attitude to turning 80? Hmmm. Well, first of all, when one is

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

Politics – OMG – yes, politics!

As you all know I had (and still have) a blog with the name, My Other Blog. It was set up in 2016 shortly after our disastrous vote to leave the EU. I was devastated by that vote, but I

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 that I am approaching 80 and the key question I have 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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