Reading report from Portland…

Really nice crowd at Portland State (free wine, cheese, fruit, cookies…man, these Portland poets really know how to feed an audience – we should have this stuff at readings in Seattle!) Although I believe the mike was possessed – it had a super-pop-thing going and it actually attacked Laurel physically while she was reading. She did a great job with her very affecting work from Daphne and Jim and it was really fun to read with her. I was very happy to see some friends who teach at PSU and some of my fellow Pacific students. So, a fun trip, if somewhat too short – because we had to come in late and leave early the next day. Hope to see you again soon, Portland 🙂

Checking my DVR, two shows that were pretty hilarious – The Colbert Report featured a light-sabre fight between Colbert and George Lucas on one night, and he appeared (and got kissed) by Gloria Steinem and Jane Fonda in a very funny sketch on the other. King of the geeks, baby!

In other news, my review of Lesle Lewis’s second book, Landscapes I & II, is up at Three Candles, and I got a slammin’ contributor’s copy of the print version of Wicked Alice.

In still other news, I am very, very tired. I love doing poetry readings, but at the end of the night, I’m always ready to hibernate for a couple of days. Is this part of some strange half-introvert-extrovert personality flaw? Also, it is officially autumn – the leaves are turning (at least, here, on the sparse deciduous trees), the pumpkins are out, and all the volcanoes I saw on the way home (Mt. Hood,. Mt. St. Helens, Mt. Ranier) were shiny in the clear October sunshine. Are volcanoes seasonal?