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Peggy

Seventy. Told nobody for six months.

Rotherham, UK · Rotherham, seventy, retired dinner lady, told nobody for six months.

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46 entries, and Peggy is still writing.

  • No project

    Saturday 11 Apr 2026week 97content energy 21 reply

    The strange part is not having a project any more. I had not understood how much I was enjoying having one. Steady. Reduced to a maintenance dose. Same day, same fridge, less…

  • Iron and B12

    Tuesday 7 Oct 2025week 70relieved energy 24 replies

    This week: Bloods back. Unremarkable, she said, which is a word I had never once heard applied to me. A1c down. Three years of results side by side. A trend rather than a…

  • Two flights of stairs

    Sunday 25 May 2025week 51grateful energy 52 replies

    Got down on the floor and back up again unaided. I have not been able to do that since 2021 and I did it twice more just to check. Walked to the shop and back every day for a…

  • Off the floor

    Wednesday 26 Mar 2025week 43pleased energy 41 reply

    Sat on the floor and played for an hour, and then got up. That was the entire reason I started, and I have now done it. Swam. First time since school. Two lengths, badly,…

  • I nearly did not write

    Thursday 20 Mar 2025week 42flat energy 33 replies

    This week: Nothing to report. Writing it down anyway, on the theory that a journal made only of eventful weeks would give a false impression of the whole thing. An…

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25 May 2026 — What made today ordinary?

Nothing much looks like: injection Tuesday, mild Wednesday, fine by Thursday, normal weekend.

8 May 2026 — What is your appetite doing?

A curry with my brother and I managed most of it, which surprised us both.

25 Mar 2026 — What is the weather doing to your week?

Monsoon. Everything is damp including me.

4 Mar 2026 — What are you being harder on yourself about than you would be on a friend?

Told somebody they had helped me. They had no idea.

Buddy

ongoingOver 60

The pair who are both over seventy

Peggy and Ambrose write to each other by email in full sentences and are the only pairing here that has ever exchanged a letter on paper.

Peggy and Ambrose · since May 2025