I am a retired secondary school teacher with an unhealthy fascination for technology. I love music, reading, computers, the Internet, hand-held computer games, building dolls' houses, travelling on trains and model trains. I suppose above all I love to travel. It isn't the arriving, somehow. It's the process of getting there which excites me most.

I am a regular user of Aloe Vera products, the use of which I truly believe makes me feel better. I live in Milton Keynes in the UK. My life lately has been turned around by working out how to lose a lot of weight and to come to terms with loving myself. So, like any convert (you know what ex-smokers are like) I want to share what I have learned with others.

I love learning and am never happier than when I am studying something new to me. Currently it is how to market on the Internet and learning to speak Latin American Spanish in preparation for a holiday there in 2010. I know that learning is good for people; it must be because it makes me feel so good (not saintly - just 'good').

I have every intention of living to a very great age and want to connect with others who feel that way. In my dealings with others in life and in business I believe that honesty and openness are very important. I will offer no product, physical or informational, in any business I am involved in, for money or for free, which I do not feel is ethical.

I am a feminist who loves people, and I want to free up others to share the pleasure I experience in trying to make sense of the world around me. I enjoy the company and friendship of people of all ages and hope that those who come to this site will be of all ages and backgrounds.

I will not participate in threatening marketing practices, nor will I bully or badger people to buy anything. I am happy to enter into discussion with any of you who would like to join me, and will partake in my own blog.

I will seek out news from around the world that celebrates the successes of others, particularly those who are ageing with enthusiasm and energy.