You read that right: I want to learn how to fall. That’s the missing bit between fall prevention, improving balance, and getting up from the ground. I am old and so I know I will fall over again one day. I want to fall sensibly: rolling not crashing, protecting my head, not breaking my wrists. […]
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Inspired by an old wooden fence I sing in praise of older humans also
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I’ve been collecting songs about getting old. Some by young or youngish songwriters, some by old songwriters. And they are worlds apart.
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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 […]
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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
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