I remember once I was at a poetry project class where we were asked if we could convey the experience of the wind blowing. I could not. Once again, I ask the question. I returned to Block Island last Sunday on a blessedly calm and warm day (I do NOT like the boat when it … More Experience the Wind
On the long long way home … the time difference is twelve hours. The plane from Beijing to Boston flew over the Arctic – at least according to the flight map it did as it was impossible to see anything – and it appeared to me that it went the wrong way. Well, I mean … More Listening to difference
On the ground, life in China is never like the tourist trade implies and nothing like any of the various academic, newspaper or other media portrayals of the developing economy with £$£$£$£$$$$$ £££ GDP etc. Another culture, yes definitely, I feel odd and out of place nearly all the time even though lots is by … More Life in China (forget GDP)
I can write… politics, war, poverty, injustice… can some better way forward be made simple or not? The Conservative Party Conference, UK, is on at the moment. 2015 will be an election year. My disgust of glib promises inspired me, if that is the right word, to write a letter to my own representative member … More I can write…
