Author Archives: riverwriter

About riverwriter

Poet, playwright, duplicate bridge player, website designer, cottager, husband, father, grandfather, former athlete, carpenter, computer helper for my friends, theatre designer, backstage polymath, retired teacher of highschool English, drama, art, a baritone singer in a barbershop quartet, who knows what else? wordcurrents is on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/wordcurrents/ Doug also has a Facebook page, "Incognitio", related to his novels.

faces watching

This evening, C-Way Sound sang carols for patients at the Sanfield Nursing Home in Cornwall. We make the rounds every year, quite happily. (#1005) Continue reading

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ragged ends

A huge percentage of older people are widows. Grief underlies everything they do. (#1004) Continue reading

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low gravity

Our recent snowfall, and the recent column about King of the Castle, the children’s game, reminded me that what Northerners take for granted may surprise Southerners and at the same time, teach us a little advanced physics in the fantastical realm. (#1003) Continue reading

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