That multi-purpose smartphone camera
My multi-purpose smartphone camera has added mundane convenience to my life as well as pleasure and community and creative play.
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YES TOMORROW: poem for Kate Newby
I visited the Adam Art Gallery and came away feeling clean and fresh and light and a wee bit clever. The title of Kate Newby’s exhibition is YES TOMORROW. Itself a poem. Just had to mark the moment with a few words of thanks. But not too many. Don’t clutter up my mind… Light as […]
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Life hacks in old age: we too can prioritise activities with the Urgent Important Matrix
Work tools like the Eisenhower Urgent Important Matrix are useful in old age too. Do some of your days feel messy? If you’re a bit of a nerd like me, try this 4-quadrant grid.
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Applauding New Zealand women poets on International Women’s Day
I’m applauding the progress that women poets—in New Zealand and elsewhere—have made in my lifetime. I am so lucky to have been part of this.
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UPDATED: choosing an appropriate author photo for a flyer
You helped me to choose an appropriate author photo for flyers for my How To Be Old shows and readings. Voting is closed now. Shall I look tragic, shocked, windblown, cheerful or poetical?
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