It was a sad day when the Vancouver Public Library changed its automatic call voice to sound human. I had enjoyed the jolty, off-rhythms of the computer-voice saying, "Hel-lo. This is the Van-couver Public Librerry for Anne Mar-gah-ret Fleh-meeng." Oh, sure, my computer can talk if I ask it to.

I was never a fan, but he did play the ukulele, and this video might make me one: http://www.donho.com/video/don_broadband_high.mov Aloha, Don (1930-2007)

I should be working but instead I am feeling lost because Kurt Vonnegut, Jr has died. A student of mine posted the news on our course web site. "Man," she said, "I just assumed this man would live forever, you know? :(" and I realized I did, too, even though

I entered. I won. Crazy, crazy judges. This is the poem. Notes to self re: world water day poem - put in something on the history of fountains - something on chemistry, how hard it is to fathom atoms, protons, neutrons, let alone compounds, valencies, two hydrogen and one oxygen

Here in the Okanagan, we irrigate an arid landscape to grow apples (which don't pay anymore) and grapes. I'm thinking I should sign up for the World Water Day Poetry Slam organized by Nancy Holmes' students at UBC Okanagan, March 20, 11.30-1.30 pm in the Sun Room (really just the