GWEN WILSON, Author, aka The Reluctant Retiree

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Miscellaneous Observations on life, love, family, retirement, Australian politics, philosophical musings, and all that other stuff you shove in a cupboard because you don’t know where else to put it.

Ramblings from an ordinary Monday

February 25, 2017April 25, 2026 / Garrulous Gwendoline / 20 Comments

I haven't done a blog post for three weeks. For the first two, there was nothing to report, except that I was plugging away on my manuscript, one thousand words at a time. I am about 40% into a first draft. I hope it doesn't die on the vine. I never plan, apart from a … Continue reading Ramblings from an ordinary Monday

Around the World for Sixpence

February 5, 2017April 25, 2026 / Garrulous Gwendoline / 25 Comments

The wheels fell off my day pretty early last Friday. Bill and I both had plans to go to Sydney, but I didn't need to go up as early as he. So there I was, not long finished breakfast, pottering around in my pyjamas, doing a bit of light housework, rehearsing my schedule in my … Continue reading Around the World for Sixpence

That Was the Week That Was

November 18, 2016April 25, 2026 / Garrulous Gwendoline / 15 Comments

(I started this post three weeks ago  . . . if I thought that was a busy week, you can imagine what the following have been like!) So shoot me for plagiarism, but I can't think of a more apt title for this post. What a week! Saturday night, we attended the ball to raise … Continue reading That Was the Week That Was

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