POSToccupations

So I was thinking of starting a blog where I could talk casually about my preoccupations, when it struck me that as a 'retiree' I could call them POSToccupations' and POST about them regularly. Pun intended!

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Wednesday, November 23, 2016

deserting the village

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The title of this post is an allusion to The Deserted Village , a poem by Oliver Goldsmith (1728-74). I would never have read this poem...

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Tuesday, May 24, 2016

is that what you're wearing?

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Back in March 2010, I first wrote a blog post about family language rituals . Since then, I have often thought about writing more on that to...

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Thursday, April 28, 2016

easter? cactus?

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Easter Sunday this year fell on March 27, three days after Steve and I returned from our spring visit to Idaho. At that time our East...

Thursday, April 14, 2016

new kid on the block

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This past Sunday I wrote about two new colors of sweet pea blooming among the volunteer plants growing in our parking strip. I thought I ha...

Sunday, April 10, 2016

variegated volunteers

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I haven't planted a sweet pea since 2011, and yet I've had some lovely specimens in the front garden and parking strip. You can see ...

Friday, February 19, 2016

music hall

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Here's another reminiscence of performing as a flutist accompanied on piano by my mother, Charlotte. This one happened while I was in ju...

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