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Upcoming readings:

Finding Water, Holding Stone
Brave New Words Proudly Presents

Award Winning Northwest Poets
James Bertolino & Anita K. Boyle
Saturday, July 17 @ 7 PM
At the Rob Schouten Gallery,
Greenbank Farm, Whidbey Island
Admission is free, Donations welcome
Refreshments will be served

An evening of poetry featuring noted Northwest poets, James Bertolino and Anita K. Boyle. The poets will read collaborative poems, new works and some olders poems, as well. For more information, see the official James Bertolino website events page at http://jamesbertolino.com/EventSchedule.html. Jim will teach a workshop that day, too.

For an interview with James and Anita about their collaborative writing go to: http://readwritepoem.org/blog/2010/02/22/read-write-interview-james-bertolino-and-anita-boyle/

Auburn Good Ol' Days
Poets on Parade and Other Literary Adventures
sponsored by Striped Water Poets

Saturday August 14 and Sunday August 15
in the Auburn Ave. Theater
FREE

Sunday.... IS POETRY DAY

Emcee: Chris Jarmick
The schedule for Sunday is:

10-12:00—short forms workshop presented by Michael Dylan Welch
12-1:00—featured poets: Special Mystery Guest Poet Q, Lisa Shmidt, Marjorie Rommel
1-2:00—featured poets: Don Kentop, Lorraine Healy, Paul Nelson
2-3:00—featured poets: Michael Welch, Anita K. Boyle, Elizabeth Austen
3-5:00—open mic poetry contest! three prizes include poetic goodie baskets!

This Way to the Egress Studio Press website

Looking for poetry from the Pacific Northwest?
This it the outlet for Egress Studio Press publications:
poetry books,broadsides and greeting cards. There's a page
of rare and out-of-print poetry books, and information about
the Northwest poets published by Egress Studio Press.
Take a minute or so to see what we've got at www.egressstudiopress.com.
We'll be announcing the new art and card pages soon.

Artwork from Egress Studio is on Etsy:
I have a new wood engraving on the site. Perfect for a beautiful spring day in the Pacific Northwest: Rain Man.
I plan to use it as an illustration in a book that will be put together later this year. The book will also include ink drawings.
Once they're made, they'll be put them up for sale on the Egress Studio Press site.

From the Whatcom Humane Society:

Okay, I really hate to admit it, but of all the dogs and cats so far, I wanted to take this one home.
Why? Because she was so little in the big barky place. And she curled up and leaned in when I picked her up.
But I have a dog. And two cats. And a big, old horse. I was reasonable for once.

Photo: June 7, 2010, Baker Creek Shelter

We'll donate at least 10% of the proceeds from the sale of anything on Egress Studio's Etsy shop (see above) that uses a photo of one of these great animals. There'll be more photo groups as soon as we can get them up.

A little volunteer time at the Whatcom Humane Society for Jim and me has introduced us to amazing animals and dedicated people. It's been quite the experience. We are a photography team where he poses the animals and I do the photography. It's not as easy as it sounds, but it is a lot of fun. Jim double-dips there by doing a two-hour walk with the dogs every week, which is great exercise for him, and fun for the dogs, too.

Arachknits:
If you click this area, your browser will go to this great site for knitters. This is my daughter Angela's site.
She's a clever lady who not only knits, but makes her own knitting patterns, whittles and paints
knitting needles by hand, makes ink and watercolor drawings, and many other things, too.

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