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Life outside the potager: aging naturally

April 13, 2021

If I were a vegetable I would hate to live in a potager garden. No chance of aging naturally there. I might look pretty but my life would be regimented—and short.

Poems for Christchurch: provocative?

April 2, 2021

I’ve got poems for Christchurch. But are they provocative, as advertised? They may provoke memories, new thoughts, tears and laughter.

New podcast episode: poems written for friends and family

March 27, 2021

I’m never quite sure whether you can find new podcast episodes by following my blog in Reader. That’s why now and then I’ll post a link here — just in case! A poetry reading: poems written for friends and family members So, that’s sorted. Now I’m off to Cuba Dupa 2021 for music and dancing […]

Poems for friends and relatives

March 27, 2021

Today I’m reading poems that I wrote for particular friends or relatives—not love poems exactly, just a message celebrating them.

How to deliver non-creepy compliments in old age

March 26, 2021

Yesterday I accidentally did a horrible thing: delivered a creepy compliment to a young man. Three strikes: age, topic, and gender issues.