Ahoy there! It’s August, butterfly time. Haiku? Here’s one I wrote earlier:

high summer
the gatekeeper and the admiral
come to call

That’s the Red Admiral, on our patio table. Do you know the Gatekeeper? A little orange-y brown character. And of course buddleia is what calls them.

That haiku is among 65 published in my new collection, Learning to Leave. Watch this space for the cover, and who, what, where, why and when.

Pardon me, but it’s been quite a while since I’ve updated Be Here Now. And they’ve updated the the dashboard controls. That white block needs to be a colour, and that courier font looks hideous. But you’ll have to put up with it for now. Learning curve ahead.