Crazy June, Poets in the Park Recap, Seattle Becoming California

Happy summer, everyone! Readers, I apologize for not posting. Since last posting, I’ve 1. been in the hospital 2. had a close family member in the hospital 3. shown my house (even before listing it for sale) and 4. just been generally having a crazy June, and not the good kind of crazy, with lots of parties, the other kind of crazy, with stress and worries of all sorts.

Anyway, I thought I’d post a quick recap of Saturday’s Poets in the Park festival in Redmond, with pictures! It was a beautiful sunny day, I got to see lots of friends read and catch up with friends I haven’t seen in a while, and got to do a reading myself with some fun folks from Jack Straw I hadn’t had a chance to meet before, so that was fun. Even sold some books! A good time was had by all, I think.

In other news, we didn’t sell our house yet, and we are still on the lookout for a new one-story place ourselves, so the real estate gladiator wars continue. And as long as I (and my immediate family members) can stay out of the hospital, I promise I will be thankful. I am trying to get back into the swing of things, writing, editing, judging a poetry contest and writing reviews.

We are looking at an upcoming week of 90+ degree weather – here, in Seattle. What does this place think it is with its hot summers and real estate monstrosities, California? I’ll keep you posted, but if we start having wildfires and earthquakes…