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  “When I get older, losing my hair Many years from now” I beg to differ...   First, I’ve been “losing my hair” for quite some time now!   As for getting “older”, well...   ...hardly, “many years from now”!   I haven’t quite reached 64, but I’m well on my way!   Last month saw my 60 th  birthday!   As you can imagine, it was an eventful time, and it is worth making a few mentions of various birthday related happenings.   This is primarily a  “what I’ve been up to”  kind of post.   BUT   There is (as usual) a bit of  underlying brain injury stuff .  Nothing new, but it struck me as worthwhile to include it, in order further to contextualise, some earlier references to the issue.   First, on the day itself, I went out for lunch with 12 family members.   It  was a lovely excursion , and I’m very grateful for everyone being there. Special thanks are due to my children and grandchildren, who all ma...
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  “For the times they are a-changin’”   (Bob Dylan 1963) I have previously posted about the extent to which the accident has brought about changes to my physical and mental wellbeing, together with related alterations to my personal circumstances.   As I have repeatedly said,  a shift to “Phil v2.0”   As you will have gathered, this has been a regular source of bewilderment, regret and distress. I didn’t want to have been turned in an instant, into a new person.   But...   ·        am I alone in experiencing change - is personal alterations, all that unusual?   ·        have I really shifted from Phil v1.0 to fill v2.0?    In both cases – No! Starting with the first bullet:   Of course, we all experience change, for the better or worse.   Not for the first time here is some recent family news (and in both cases, the alterations are  positive !)...   First, my...
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  “...I think I’m turning Japanese, I really think so”   (David Fenton 1980)   So, why the picture?   ·        If nothing else, it’s lovely!   And the link with opening quotation?   ·        Wisteria (pictured flower) is a popular symbol in Japanese culture, representing love, longevity, and resilience.     And what’s so special about Japan?   ·        For the Japanese, I am sure the answer is, “a lot”. Speaking personally, for reasons that will become apparent, that country has been (positively!) on my mind a fair bit, in recent weeks.    In common with many previous posts, this concerns some recent events. First   I have just started reading the latest book, by a Japanese writer, who is rather a favorite of mine – Haruki Murakami.   Given its reviews and what I have read so far, I have a genuine belief that it will be (to me at leas...
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