A hardback journal for women, features blank pages, some of which have one of my poems in the margin. Have I mentioned how important it is to keep a journal? I have kept one for six decades now, and it’s one of the most useful things I’ve ever done, clarifying my thoughts as I write, then reading years later and seeing how much I’ve grown. She wrote words, addressed them to me, put them in a bottle and sent them out to sea.