California Poets in the Schools

Today we drove out to Santa Rosa, about an hour away, to participate in and enjoy the California Poets in the Schools reading. The best part was watching some little fourth graders reading their own poems. It was inspiring, because these kids delivered good solid imagery with poise. I wish every open mike was that entertaining. Plus, fourth graders are adorable! I also got to catch up with some of the CPITS poets, who are all wonderful women with just good spirits. They remind me of my Seattle poetry friends, in that they are generous, good-natured, and good poets all at the same time. It was great to get out and about a little bit. I’ve been laid up so much in the past six months that I haven’t been able to socialize as much as I’d like. Tomorrow if I’m well enough I’m going to try to make it to the Marin Poetry Festival to see some more poets read. That’s what poetry month is all about, baby!

Sorry I had to do the blog move so suddenly; google’s blogger decided it didn’t want to support the kind of blog I had, so I had to change it to a kind they would support. Please remember to update your links!

Also, had interesting news from my last set of blood tests. I was just ranting and raving recently about all the tests I’ve had done over the past ten years, but I think I might have found a doctor who actually ran some of the right autoimmune tests this time. We’ll see. I want to confirm with the doc before I say anything for sure, but I’m cheered up that I might be near the end of the testing tunnel, with a real answer perhaps!