Welcome to Born 59

This is the second edition of my website that I began in 2014. The blog posts may be fewer, less autobiographical and probably with less angst (an age thing)!

I am hoping to create a vehicle to raise money for good causes and to campaign / raise awareness on issues close to my heart.

Opps Shop

I saw this idea in Australia and loved it. The idea was to raise awareness and money for our local village hall by giving local entrepreneurs and local people a place to promote and sell items, and to be part in situ and part on line. It was rejected because of its impact on local parking, but I decided to go ahead with the online part.

Latest posts

It is a tribute to Guatemala in particular and Belize, that they are so welcoming to foreigners considering their centuries…

I have finished two books by Ant Middleton this week; numbers two and three in his trilogy which are ‘The…

Everything about Puerto Vallarta is compact so it’s an ideal place to stay alone – 7km from the airport, a…