Age
Is old age unavoidable, or should we fight it?
If we were to choose to fight old age what is the enemy? Would we be trying to postpone death or
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I occasionally write more‑or‑less silly poems and more‑or‑less serious essays.
Since I have started a 2024 resolution to publish an essay a week, the essays below have started appearing on Substack too both in written form, and also as audio in case, like me, you enjoy listening to stuff while you are driving or washing up.
Is old age unavoidable, or should we fight it?
If we were to choose to fight old age what is the enemy? Would we be trying to postpone death or
As blind as a bat, we say – but is your eyesight good enough to catch flies in mid air? How does that work?
And what exactly is your favourite
I remember someone once described a mutual acquaintance as being ‘all meat and no gravy’ I didn’t really understand exactly what they meant, but it’s a lovely phrase which I
So do we actually live in an onion? Or is ‘meta’ just something we should watch out for during squabbles?
There are 10 kinds of people in the world: Those who understand the binary system and those who don’t.
I guess the observation that I find that funny puts me
Is old age unavoidable, or should we fight it?
If we were to choose to fight old age what is the enemy? Would we be trying to postpone death or
As blind as a bat, we say – but is your eyesight good enough to catch flies in mid air? How does that work?
And what exactly is your favourite
I remember someone once described a mutual acquaintance as being ‘all meat and no gravy’ I didn’t really understand exactly what they meant, but it’s a lovely phrase which I
So do we actually live in an onion? Or is ‘meta’ just something we should watch out for during squabbles?
There are 10 kinds of people in the world: Those who understand the binary system and those who don’t.
I guess the observation that I find that funny puts me
We have outside steps at our house in Poland. We sweep them occasionally.
I can proudly say the un-illustrated version of this poem is complete drivel. The illustrated version however is a work of multilayered genius imho.
The winning entry for the Maltings Free Press first edition poetry prize. The only entry so far as I know and the first poem I had written since school.
Four years after I wrote the Taste of Rat, I thought I should extend it to discuss microbiotic food production. I didn’t get very far with the project, but there
We have outside steps at our house in Poland. We sweep them occasionally.
I can proudly say the un-illustrated version of this poem is complete drivel. The illustrated version however is a work of multilayered genius imho.
The winning entry for the Maltings Free Press first edition poetry prize. The only entry so far as I know and the first poem I had written since school.
Four years after I wrote the Taste of Rat, I thought I should extend it to discuss microbiotic food production. I didn’t get very far with the project, but there
