Film reviews – Conversations with an Older Woman

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

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

Best films of 2025 plus one party outfit

Hello everyone There’s been bit of a gap again, and that was just due to the run-up to Christmas, but I have written something for My Other Blog. More about that at the end of this piece. I’m going to

Films I’ve watched recently

Hey everyone, watching a good film is the one thing I absolutely adore. It is the thing I do. After all, don’t forget, with a group of dedicated people, I helped to run a community cinema for several years in

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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