What you read in 2015

This blog would be nothing without its readers. Thank you to everyone who stopped by, made a comment or a … More

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It’s complicated. Say you are out and about and want to buy a cup of coffee. I’m not going there, … More

‘There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as … More

An event of this magnitude Overshadows the destruction of the Berlin Wall And the troubles in the Caucasus. –Robert Rehder, … More

That CK Williams has died. More than two weeks ago! One of my heroes. This is the first thing I … More

Those kind and wonderful people at Change This have just released a new batch of free, downloadable manifestos. These articles … More

Now for the other life. The one without mistakes. –Lou Lipsitz A year ago I found myself not looking at … More

I had bumped into a friend at the cash machine. We greeted each other, as we always do, with a … More

In the rift between what is going to happen and whatever we would wish to happen, poetry holds attention for … More

Sporting occasions are bad. Or the Corbyn result, that was hard. I seem to remember (no one else does) a … More

The afternoon was drawing to a close when I knew I had hit the wall. On its own terms there … More

Since I decided to leave Twitter and abscond from Facebook I have been reminded of some of the guiding principles … More

After Reading Tu Fu, I Go Outside to the Dwarf Orchard East of me, west of me, full summer. … More

Let’s love today, the what we have now, this day, not today or tomorrow or yesterday, but this passing moment, … More

This is my hard time -Theodore Roethke The mornings I can cope with. Just. Not grabbing my phone before … More

I knew I was in trouble sometime in July. I just didn’t admit it. I was with friends, one of … More

Day four of the Twitter-fast. By the time you read this, day seven. The first thing I notice is the … More

Or perhaps you’re waiting at the bus stop. You could text someone. But if you said ‘no’ to the text, … More