1. The snow shoveling this morning took a little more out of me than usual -- but I was fine. The snow was a bit deeper and heavier -- no powder today. I finished and thought I might have to go for a second round, but before long the snow let up and the temperature went up a bit and the sidewalks were bare and wet. Awesome.
2. Bill Davie sent Debbie and me his most recent book of poetry, Oldmanhood: a journal in poetry and it arrived at least a week, maybe two weeks ago. Time flies. Debbie and I were in the midst of rearranging our living room and I was trying to get the Vizio room straightened out and his book temporarily got buried in a pile of magazines, mailings, and other books.
I found Oldmanhood over the weekend, thumped my forehead, and briefly scolded myself for losing track of it.
Tonight I started reading it and immediately realized that I will not be able to read straight through this book.
I read the introduction and five poems and stopped to let Bill's prose and poetry sink in, let the many memories his words were firing in my mind play themselves out, and contemplate, along with Bill, what I'm experiencing in oldmanhood.
I'll go back soon and reread what I've read and push forward another five poems or so and let Bill's eloquence, insight, and the stew of word music, pain, and joy in these poems take hold.
3. I already knew Leah Sottile was giving her first reading and discussion of her new book, Blazing Eye Sees All, at Powell's in Portland on March 27th.
I had been dreaming about, almost planning on, going.
But, I thought, if Leah Sottile is going to do a reading/discussion in Spokane, I won't drive to Portland.
Today, in her Substack newsletter, Leah Sottile announced that she will be presenting in Spokane on Wednesday, April 2 at the Steam Plant Rooftop.
Great news!
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