An old brain thinking about thinking
What starts an old brain gets thinking about lost identities? A podcast by Jungian analysts about Barbie and a WordPress Meetup.
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Food for a creative life: pretty meals for a solo oldie
What food do you eat if you’re living alone, over 80, and in a creative career? Take a look at the food nobody sees.
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What animal are you most like? An iPad blog post
 What animal are you, apart from being human? Reading Joy Williams’ brilliant short stories, Visiting Rights, I reacted in a flash to these words : Of course privately they all thought of themselves as cheetahs. There was not a single exception to this. Faster than words, I knew I would be not a cheetah […]
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A boy’s view of old age
A boy’s view of extreme old age: honest, unemotional, and believable.
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Impact of a murder: Anne Perry dies
Reports of the death of crime writer Anne Perry reminded me of the impact of a murder on me, a teen “innocent bystander” in 1954. The time and place (Christchurch, New Zealand) are as relevant as the fact of murder by my classmates. Because that was then, this is now. Guardian article: Anne Perry, killer […]
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