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What's going on now? In the world, in my life, in my brain and in my podcast, Learning How To Be Old?

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Old lady poem: conversation in old age

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We take anecdotes and turn them to the light.
We polish them in private. 
They are touchstones. So it goes. 

The rhythm of our talk is o...
19 days ago
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Old lady poem: I'm not learning how to be young

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dear nice lady who I like
perching on your mauve mat
waiting for Bruno  
to buck up our bodies 
and plait them with Pilates

than...
a month ago
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Old lady poem: Methuselah

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Methuselah

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Everyone knows it’s best to be young
for the young...
2 months ago
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Elsie contemplates identity laundering

Identity laundering

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I'm allowed to change my name.
I don't like names 
that get older.

I'll have each name for two weeks
so my othe...
2 months ago
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Those AI 'photos' of old people spoil my breakfast

Here’s a portrait of the real me. Older by nearly two years but I haven’t changed much.

Hard to believe? No harder than the saccharine visual distortions of reality that interrupt what I’m reading on Substack. Image designed by means prete...

2 months ago
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    Biology: human. I've had children who've had children, I've written lots of books, taught lots of courses, and now I'm absorbed in my podcast, Learning How To Be Old.

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