Outer Cape here I come!

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I am so excited to be going to the Cape this week and spend a part of September there. It is one of my favourite places to be.
So Long for a while.

Soul Food

I was talking to my father on the phone this morning and he mentioned having received a copy of Soul Food,a book of poems to nourish you, an anthology I edited with Neil Astley of Bloodaxe Books. His friend Frank in Taunton had sent him a copy because he had seen the surname on the book cover that we have in common.
My father said the book moved him so much from the cover and into the pages.
It brought tears to my eyes as I had not expected that. That is why I had not sent him a copy. I felt a little ashamed that I knew him so little and yet is that not the way it goes sometimes? Family are the ones you know the least.
Perhaps my expectations were just low and I did not want to be disappointed. A form of self-protection.
In any case the phonecall ended with tender words of missing eachother. I feel so moved and grateful. Thank you Soul Food and thank you Frank.