http://www.newlyold.com/ Newly Old en Fri, 12 Feb 2010 10:14:00 GMT Fri, 12 Feb 2010 10:14:00 GMT info@newlyold.com info@newlyold.com http://www.newlyold.com/ethical-atheists/ Is it possible to live, work and play in an ethical way without the guiding hand and stabilising influence of religion? According to a study at America's Harvard University, it... http://www.newlyold.com/ethical-atheists/#comments http://www.newlyold.com/ethical-atheists/ Fri, 12 Feb 2010 10:14:00 GMT http://www.newlyold.com/my-midlife-crisis/ Nobody grows old merely by living a number of years. We grow old by deserting our ideals. Years may wrinkle the skin, but to give up enthusiasm wrinkles the soul... http://www.newlyold.com/my-midlife-crisis/#comments http://www.newlyold.com/my-midlife-crisis/ Tue, 02 Feb 2010 10:40:00 GMT http://www.newlyold.com/luise-rainer/ Luise Rainer, born in Germany in 1910, celebrated her 100th birthday this week, and said, "I haven't accomplished anything in life." Many would disagree. Rainer, born in Dusseldorf, Germany, was... http://www.newlyold.com/luise-rainer/#comments http://www.newlyold.com/luise-rainer/ Thu, 14 Jan 2010 22:34:00 GMT http://www.newlyold.com/thongs/ When nature designed the human foot, she did not have thongs in mind as a defining design criterion. Thongs, for the non-Australians amongst you, are the cheapest and nastiest footwear... http://www.newlyold.com/thongs/#comments http://www.newlyold.com/thongs/ Mon, 11 Jan 2010 22:46:00 GMT http://www.newlyold.com/black-saturday/ On April 24, 1918, the French village of Villers-Bretonneux was liberated from German occupation. The village, which had been almost destroyed by World War I fighting, was won back only... http://www.newlyold.com/black-saturday/#comments http://www.newlyold.com/black-saturday/ Sun, 03 Jan 2010 21:01:00 GMT http://www.newlyold.com/a-christmas-carol/ We offer today a Christmas story for all generations about a boy. In 1824 a man was accused and convicted in England of the crime of debt. At the time... http://www.newlyold.com/a-christmas-carol/#comments http://www.newlyold.com/a-christmas-carol/ Fri, 25 Dec 2009 22:23:00 GMT http://www.newlyold.com/tolkien-and-satiety-with-good/ JRR Tolkien was once asked if he would write further episodes of Lord of the Rings. His response was extraordinary. "I did begin a story placed about 100 years after... http://www.newlyold.com/tolkien-and-satiety-with-good/#comments http://www.newlyold.com/tolkien-and-satiety-with-good/ Wed, 28 Oct 2009 23:38:00 GMT http://www.newlyold.com/healthy-heart/ Hong Kong, I once heard someone say, is the only city in the world with the same energy as New York. Hong Kong is a thriving, busy metropolis and Hong... http://www.newlyold.com/healthy-heart/#comments http://www.newlyold.com/healthy-heart/ Wed, 21 Oct 2009 23:17:00 GMT http://www.newlyold.com/rick-schoff/ When I was about 10, my favourite number was 10. My favourite football team was Sturt and my favourite player was Rick Schoff. I called him Ricky. He wore number... http://www.newlyold.com/rick-schoff/#comments http://www.newlyold.com/rick-schoff/ Sat, 10 Oct 2009 02:14:00 GMT http://www.newlyold.com/thigh-chaffing/ There are three principal stages on the road to reversal, by which I mean the dream of a spreading middle-aged man to return to the health, wellbeing and flat stomach... http://www.newlyold.com/thigh-chaffing/#comments http://www.newlyold.com/thigh-chaffing/ Mon, 28 Sep 2009 05:38:00 GMT http://www.newlyold.com/cheap-hat/ I had been meaning to buy a hat, of the baseball cap style, for some time. The trouble with Melbourne, an Australian city of almost four million people renowned for... http://www.newlyold.com/cheap-hat/#comments http://www.newlyold.com/cheap-hat/ Thu, 24 Sep 2009 04:21:00 GMT http://www.newlyold.com/ivy-bean/ For anyone who hasn't seen the story about 104-year-old Ivy Bean, the internet's new social networking phenom, go read all about it at Janet Collins' The Social Critic blog. Go... http://www.newlyold.com/ivy-bean/#comments http://www.newlyold.com/ivy-bean/ Wed, 09 Sep 2009 00:23:00 GMT http://www.newlyold.com/my-fathers-memoirs/ My father spent much of his two decades or so of retirement relaxing, gardening and promising to write his memoirs. He had plenty to write about -- a tough childhood... http://www.newlyold.com/my-fathers-memoirs/#comments http://www.newlyold.com/my-fathers-memoirs/ Sat, 05 Sep 2009 23:23:00 GMT http://www.newlyold.com/alone-with-our-thoughts/ The hero of Herman Hesse's The Glass Bead Game, which won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1946, is Joseph Knecht, the brilliant young teacher and leader. The main themes... http://www.newlyold.com/alone-with-our-thoughts/#comments http://www.newlyold.com/alone-with-our-thoughts/ Mon, 31 Aug 2009 00:33:00 GMT http://www.newlyold.com/growing-old/ Growing old is not a problem. Living long enough to do so is the problem. http://www.newlyold.com/growing-old/#comments http://www.newlyold.com/growing-old/ Thu, 23 Jul 2009 05:33:00 GMT