canadian trio in copenhagen

facebook?

for 4 days running now i haven't been allowed to see my notifications or messages on facebook. nor to post. though, generously i have been allowed to log in & to see that i have messages & notifications. facebook, supposedly, is a platform for communication. right? yet they have, for reasons unknown to me decided to deny me the right to access & reply to communication. i have not received any reply from any fb-employed human to questions about why this is being done & how they propose to solve the issue. i'm serioulsy considering deleting my account & going back to using this blog & email for online communication

all the old punks

so charlie harper of the uk subs turns 75 today

anatomy of a town

 

 

sometimes things happen quickly. late sunday night/early monday morning i submitted a manuscript. then i went downstairs & outside for a smoke. when i came back up it was accepted. before i went to bed i had signed a book contract (my first ever) & just had a bit of proofing left. last night it was published by alien buddha press. welcome my first photo book, anatomy of a town, into the world. it contains a selection of a notion i've had for 7 years, though it found it's intended form a year or so later. photos of towns or cities with no (or a minimum of) humans. simply the traces of us. the photos were taken in malmö, undeloh, amsterdam, bradford, berlin, paris & (mostly south east) london from 2012 up to about a week ago & they were selected because they work well together as a unit. & yes, i have some plans for other parts of the constantly growing material. but that's for later. now i'm happy to have this book out in the world. & as usual i would recommend you get it from the publisher

is it a song?

on thursday night when i had a long night with bella (now 8) & liam (now 6), the kids i've been looking after now for well over 3 years, we had a bit of chaotic disco, so i introduced them to this song & it became an instant hit, so both yesterday & today when we came home from school, playground & outdoors gym they immediately had ”alexa” play it

 

 

another canadian trio

4 long

earlier today the copies of 4 long, my new book from knivesforks&spoons press arrived in the mail. it's always a delight to hold a copy of a book you wrote for the first time. huge thanks to alec newman for all he does for poetry