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Retirement Today, a glossy lifestyle magazine for the active retired or those contemplating retirement.

Inside this issue:

Being Part of a Community; Go On – Write that Book; Make do and Mend – keeping family and home afloat on war rations; A Healthy Diet; Crunch Time for New Year’s Resolutions; Subscription, Travels on the Roof of the World – A Journey through Tibet: Sweden for a Change; About Britain; Winter in the Garden; Choosing a Rescued Dog, Enduring and Lasting Power of Attorney; Charity News.

FEATURED ARTICLE: Darlana - Sweden's Secret: Think you know about all the property hotspots by now, think again, Philip Hann investigates the Dalarna area of Sweden, and finds a lot more that he bargained for.; January, it’s all about new beginnings. Are you property hunting this year? Have you got a short list of countries that tick all the boxes when it comes to retirement or maybe the decision has already been made? There is one country that probably hasn’t made many peoples list…..Sweden and in particular the Dalarna area in Central Sweden.; Click here to read full article ...

Being part of a Community: You sit on the tube or the train or the bus – or even in the traffic jam every morning – staring at faceless strangers. Your eyes slip past them. If only you had the time to stop and chat. If only you knew your neighbours. If only you could leave your front door open and have friends pop in. If only the local amenities were run by friendly faces that you know. If only the carol singers who came round at Christmas were smiling and cut and you didn’t fear being mugged by them. If only you could get involved in the local activities – organising bonfire night celebrations or being the neighbourhood watch rep. In short if only you lived in a caring, supportive community where everyone knows everyone else and looks out for them. If only you could experience a true sense of belonging. If only you could feel a part of a real rural community. Wouldn’t it be nice? Wouldn’t it be fab?; SUBSCRIBE and read more ...

Go on Write that Book: Now that you’ve given up the steady day job - whether you’re still working part time or totally retired - there’s no better time to do it. When we looked at our author list recently we found that just about everybody who has published books using our imprint is in the age group 60 - 65. There are plenty of others of the same vintage who are getting their books ready to head in our direction, too.; But why should you want to write a book ? Clearly not everybody will wish to do so - but there are plenty who do. The urge to tell a story, or to recount and make sense of important personal experiences, exists in lots and lots of us. So let’s have a look at some of the main motivations.; SUBSCRIBE and read more ...

A Healthy Diet: Exercise and a healthy diet go hand in hand in any weight-loss programme. I am a true believer, though, that a healthy diet is for life and that we should find a balance between good and evil! I do not recommend embarking on a strict calorie-controlled regime or any other of the millions of faddy diets out there on the market. These are quick-fix answers and therefore unsustainable.; The food we eat should provide us with all the nutrients our body needs to grow, repair, and function at peak efficiency with energy and vitality. Eating the right foods is what it is all about, as it is when we start feeding our body with foods with no real nutritional value that the problems start. These foods tend to contain excess sugar, salt, fat and chemicals that our body has no use for but which pile up the calories nonetheless.; SUBSCRIBE and read more ...

Winter in the Garden: It is supposed to be the quiet season when we put our feet up and enjoy the view of the garden at rest. Barbara Segall grows plants that will delight the eye and nose in winter and knows that it is not necessarily the 'off season'.; First of all, winters have become milder, so insects pests and diseases may be ongoing for longer, and the grass doesn't seem to stop growing, nor to the leaves stop falling and borders always need to be cut back. But we are fortunate that we can go on enjoying a huge range of plants that flower and thrive in winter, and because of our relatively mild winters, we can enjoy the view from the window or in the garden itself.; When I moved to my cottage in East Anglia twenty years ago I made a special point of planting winter-flowering plants, or evergreens, that would delight me in this low-key season. I also tried to place them so that I could get the maximum impact and see it from various windows in the house.; SUBSCRIBE and read more ...