Back home and back to the working week. I sometimes dread it the night before -- the full schedule of patients, the inbox full of emails and tasks, the stack of charts to answer -- but once morning comes I hit the ground running and get back into the flow (and the fun of it) pretty quickly.

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I am reading tomorrow night for "It's About Time" in Ballard, along with Felicia Gonzalez, Clareice Keegan and Peggy Sturdivant. Hope to see you there!

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And the Skagit River Poetry Fest is coming up soon. I hear that Lucille Clifton had to cancel, and is being replaced by Jane Hirschfield as headliner.

I need to get my panels and readings prepared!

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