Satire and Safety
Was condemnation of Trump’s blue suit at the Pope’s funeral fair? And how does this link to concerns about my writing a song about a prominent societal figure?
Tag: songwriting
Adult aspirations
I was excited to go on a music camp to learn about songwriting. Why does a ‘camp’ sound like something for children…shouldn’t humans continue to learn and challenge themselves through their lifespan?
Funny and not so funny
New Zealand still doesn’t have endemic COVID-19, unlike much of the world. There’s a feeling of, can we just get it and move on? Except people who get very sick or die won’t be doing the sort of moving on I’m hoping for.
Squashed frog
Sometimes I feel like a squashed frog. In COVID times, this is a reasonable feeling. How to break out of it?
A diverse life
Marie Stopes, born in 1880, was variously a coal geologist, an international advocate for birth control, and a writer. Her diverse life makes Marie one of my heroes, although her belief in eugenics isn’t something I aspire to.
Live for today, plan for tomorrow
I’ve always been one for living life to the fullest and the COVID lockdown has propelled me even further along that path. I’m learning the guitar because I realised music is something I have missed, for a number of decades.