another world?

a bit of Tibet
I love prayer flags, the way they get faded and worn from seasons of breezes, storms, rain and snows, burning sunshine. All those messages of joy, fortune, health, flying off on the wind for the benefit of all.

poets & writers
Recently heard  a great phrase from Miriam Sagan (Santa Fe poet extraordinaire) that describes readings as: poetry in a ghetto of poets. Close to the truth.  There is a sort of solid and condensed community in spite of so many authors whose work is published nationally and internationally. Here in Taos (and Santa Fe) it's tight. As it is in many other hubs, like City Lights Books in San Francisco. Attending a reading there is like attending a private gathering. And the 92nd Street Y in Manhattan. Of course, many non-writers attend readings, but the majority of audiences really are composed of writers published and aspiring. Perhaps that's what made the weekend's Remarkable Women of Words festival so successful. If writers are competitive in this community, they hide it well and mostly what is heard is encouragement (or silence) and a tacit level of competence.

come back, spring!
Weather warms up slowly each day since the freezing cold and snow on Saturday night. I look for color everywhere in the pale sun and less than verdant spring. 

Working like a demon on victims of procrastination. Progress feels sooo good. My goal is to have everything finished by June 1st so I can go east to see the family and not have any deadlines haunting me and breaking into my limited and precious time with them.

book note
just finished reading (on Kindle) a strange and entertaining book: This Book Does Not Exist by Mike Schneider. Fantasy, mystery, relationship, intention, parallel lives, technology. The beginning of a new wave of novels  in which smartphones, ipods, computers, texting (isn't that an awkward word?), cells, are an intrinsic and necessary component? Check it out. I was skeptical at first, but Schneider's good writing and compelling tale kept me interested to the end. And it cost only $2.99 for the ebook (I'm not sure if there's even a paper edition). Another indication of where books are heading. Is it a positive or negative trend? Well, I guess our opinion hardly matters, it's happening and there's no stopping it.

"...the impossible is possible in the other world..."