Pen pals
Watch this postI have been pen palling for a while now does anyone else do this and is there somewhere on the site for this? It would be nice to write to people on here if they were interested.
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I just discovered this chat forum for plus 50s. I am 68, a caregiver t my blind, diabetic, kidney disease and hypertension husband. He sleeps most of the day, and I have a huge void in my life.
I used to be a person with varied interests until arthritis stole this from me. My keen interest is writing and I wrote my autobiography (not published), as part of my understanding my childhood years, which weren’t great, as I imagine that I am not alone there…lol.
I have a whacky sense of humour and would love to meet someone who had a rocky start on life too.
Jan
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I'm 73 and live in Perth, Australia.
If you'd like to say hello please drop me a line.
Best wishes,
James
It is a pleasure to meet you. I have several relatives in Australia that my aunt used to visit. Unfortunately she never left me any names of our relatives. Let me know if there are any Killan’s that you may notice down under.
I live in Cochrane, Alberta Canada which is at the base of the Rocky Mountains and near Banff. Alberta’s mountain and foothills carnivore wildlife includes wolves, coyotes, black bears, grizzlies and mountain lions, which show up in Cochrane every now and then. I love the deer and elk that stop on my street for a snack as the head for the river.
This week I am going to force myself to go take Qigong and yoga at our seniors centre. I really need to get out of my house for a few hours. Hard being a compassionate caregiver with an angry person who lost his eyesight to diabetes.
I have a daughter Shauna and my grandchildren includes Anthony, a personal trainer, his companion Gayle, and great granddaughter’s Isabel and Dylan. And Breanna is my granddaughter and she is graduating high school this year and is finishing her gymnastics training in June. She also works at the gym as a coach. I don’t spend much time with my family as my husband doesn’t get along with them and I can’t visit as I would like as I can’t leave a blind man alone.
I got a kitten last Wednesday and she looks Siamese, but her father is a hairless Sphinx and mother calico. She doesn’t have much fur, which is good in my books…lol.
Look forward to learning about your life in Australia.
Jan
I haven’t heard from you. Hope all is well. My email address is janetbodlund@gmail.com if you would like to chat directly.
How are you,I just dropped in to look at the comments on community site.
I'm Ann ,I'm married and 59
Do you still want someone to chat to
I've got 3 cats and I love animals and nature
Bye for now Ann
I am seeking a pen pal.
If you are interested in a bit of snailmail, please let me know.
M
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Aardie
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my interest are nature walks,reading,chatting,crocheting and several other things. Have you met many penpals?
Hope to hear back from you.
Thanks for getting in touch.Its lovely to hear from you.
I'm in bed at the moment. It's 10.20pm here in London in the UK.
I had a busy day so felt a bit tired so thought I'd have an early night. Too much excitement for an old girl.
If you don't mind can I get back to you tomorrow. Be nice to chat.
Hope you are well
All the best
Leila
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Cheers,
Maria
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So you want a penpal? Not sure if I will be ok for you as I am a rather boring person - but I will write a snippet and see what you think? I joined this site several years ago after someone recommended it for organised holidays for older people. As it happened the first day I logged on there was a holiday just perfect for myself and my husband. It was a coach tour around Sicily. This may sound horrible but I don't enjoy holidays with him as we have such different interests but I thought if it's organised, we may not argue about the what to do every day. So I booked it and off we went and it actually worked out ok. Sadly with Covid and other reasons I haven't really had a holiday since. Unless you count the odd times my daughter has invited me along with her for the odd weekends to help look after the children. Which I love doing.
I have visited the Silversurfers site the odd time since but never really found what I was looking for. To be honest, not sure what I was looking for! Today, I came on looking for a holiday for later in the year. Another totally organised one but sadly didn't find one. However, Penpal popped up and I thought mmmm.. give it a go. I think what caught my eye was the similarity of our hobbies (but not the old cars). My granddaughter asked for some dolly clothes and I got this odd idea of crocheting some. Well, I haven't done any since I was 14 when we all did poncho's! So my attempts were not great but she is happy and I really enjoyed doing outfits for all three of her babies. I also love dogs, and have a 13 year old working cocker who is adorable but deaf as a post and I also regularly dog sit my son's rescue Doberman. Sadly I lost mine two years ago at the sad age of 5. Again a rescue, which obviously had not been bred by decent people (this is me being very polite!).
Well, I think that is enough. How did I do?
Ruth
Nice profile!
Good that you're a writer.
Well done!
(I've written some (very very short) stories for kids .....unpublished).
I live in Perth, Australia.
Please feel free to drop me a line should you feel so inclined.
Best wishes,
James
The Ariadne handle is the one I use for my poetry . Proper name is Jacqui
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