On Growing Older

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A month ago I had a rather significant birthday. Although I'm still the same age as Johnny Rotten and Kim Cattrall, when both digits click over you tend to muse upon your own mortality rather more than you do on other occasions. In my case I can only reflect that I've been incredibly lucky to have avoided any significant health issues, and that the law of averages alone will ensure that this won't last for ever.

But this birthday came with unexpected good news. Thanks to the 20-odd years I spent as a teacher I am now a person of leisure, with a small nest-egg and a moderate but regular income. That in itself has unsettled me so much that I haven't typed a creative sentence in anger for weeks, though I trust this will change once everything finally sinks in.

My main priority is to do something useful with my time. One of my friends fosters cats, another helps out a local soup kitchen. They won't pose as big a challenge as working out how to make a contribution to the Hatbox without a credit card or a cheque book. I'm sure someone can come up with a simple solution.

In the meantime I'm taking advice from Dave Cousins and extending my use of the day.

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