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sickout
In other words, out sick this week. (koff koff) Sorry bout that.
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mayday, mayday
… or day after May Day (happy birthday to sister Carolyn, aka CJ). I’m playing Compactor Fun at my house today even though it’s raining and I can’t hang out laundry. I had a bunch of herbs hanging to dry in the sun but they got rained on and now are perfuming my compost pile. How annoying and wasteful. I also have a bit of the creeping crud, cough, etc, that isn’t enough to be terrible or go away. So inside I stay. I’ve been refilling soap dispensers and lotion pumps from various other sources — I have so many half-finished tubes and bottles of lotion that I have been…
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Be There or Be Square (it’s free)
If you are in the ‘hood Friday night, I’m giving a free, short reading from Amaryllis: Collected Poems, in celebration of April’s National Poetry Month. 7:30 p.m. at Rhythmix Cultural Works, 2513 Blanding Ave., Alameda. (www.rhythmix.org). I’ll also be talking to the high school art crowd about inspiring and supporting the young artist. No, wait, don’t run away. Poetry is good for you! It makes you smart and strong, just like a vitamin. Here, just listen…just kidding. If you missed earlier opportunities to hear Juliapoetry, fresh from the source, here’s your chance. It’s free, and it’s a short reading,and there will be no mimes, jugglers, singing children or animal acts.…
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hidey-ho
Hedey-hedey-hoo-ha. Getting ready for busy weekend. Flea market tomorrow means my house is still full o crapola, but it’s going bye bye tomorrow, and will not return. Anything left over will go to Salvation Army and friends. If you’re in the ‘hood, come to the Wood Middle School Earth Day-ish Flea Market. If you play Little League, or your kids do, you’ll be there anyway, since Rittler Park is the spot for the sport. Come to my table and buy my stuff. You can even have some of it for free. Moni will be with me, selling baked items. Yum. She’s saving up to go to the animal control academy.…
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Earthlings, I come in peace
Happy Earth Day (but shouldn’t every day be Earth Day — like, the first day of the rest of your life?) (answer I was just noticing how, as the weather improves, I’m changing my laundry pattern. I was doing wash and dry (in dryer) at any old time. Now I’m doing a couple of loads at night, put them (damp) into a basket, and then hanging in the a.m. The daughters take it down and fold later, and put up another load. I really like hanging out the clothes in the morning before work — and if they are still there after work, that’s fine, too. I find it less…
