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Starting and stopping—writing? driving? living?

November 22, 2021

Starting? Stopping? Writing? Driving? Living? An abstract piece of doggerel about starting and stopping — anything.

How beautiful the Earth: a found poem

November 20, 2021

I want to say that in 100 years the moon will rise and be beautiful. Found poem from Rebecca Solnit’s ways to stay hopeful in climate crisis.

The meaning of gratitude changes when you’re extremely old

November 18, 2021

Aging, 99-year-old Doris Carnevali shows how the meaning of gratitude changes for the very old. Gratitude has different sources

Ursula the cat loves alstroemeria

November 13, 2021

Ursula the cat loves alstroemeria but this time they’re out of reach. Or are they? I think she has alstroemeriaphilia.

10 uses for the humble face cloth: life hacks in old age

November 12, 2021

When my children clear out my home one day, they will roll their eyes and ask, “Why did she have so many face cloths?” Old ones, new ones, ragged ones, hard ones, soft ones. In the bathroom, kitchen and linen cupboard. By face cloths I mean terry towelling squares about 13 inches or 33cm square. […]