Podcasts

3 songs about getting old

June 1, 2022

I’ve been collecting songs about getting old. Some by young or youngish songwriters, some by old songwriters. And they are worlds apart.

Trish Harris makes a bold suggestion: a royal wheelchair

May 30, 2022

I can’t help myself. I have to share a link to an article by Trish Harris on Queen Elizabeth’s intermittent problems of mobility. It’s funny but very serious too. She really made me think about what is implied by the language we use around disability and assistive devices like wheelchairs… or glasses or hearing aids […]

The wisdom of folly—a poem

December 23, 2021

A simple poem about wisdom and folly, and the wisdom of folly. Some days I’m wise / not from natural goodness but / by some lucky fluke

Liking yourself is not always easy—poem

November 30, 2021

Love yourself. Or at least like yourself. Sounds easy, right? But if it were easy, why do millions keep telling us how to do it? A poem.

Aging like fine wine? poem by Rosemerry

August 4, 2021

Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer’s poem is about aging and wine. Her humane, specific reflection pushes way beyond the cliche “aging like fine wine.”