Comedy Tonight . . .

—CB— This week we had two performances of Survival, Elizabeth’s solo show. Both had wonderfully responsive audiences, 20-25 people at each. One was for an elder-housing complex, the other a house concert mainly drawn from the poetry community. These were the tenth and...

May Day. . .

— From the Fool — I’ve got a friend in New Jersey, Reggie, who wants to be called Reginald, but nobody does, it just doesn’t fit. He writes me letters, real ones with stamps you stick on like the old days where they had stage coaches and cowboys, but I...

Sheba, Lear, and the Begats. . .

— From EF — Sheba came home this morning . Not the “little Sheba” of the 1950 William Inge play — this is our beloved whale of a Dodge Maxivan, and she had gone across the street to visit the neighbors for the weekend. (We needed every inch of parking space for our...

On Poetry. . .

— From EF —             Lotta poetry right now; our periodic Oral Traditions Salon just happened, and a day after that was the annual Favorite Poems event. Sebastopol is a good place for poetry — one of our past mayors is a substantial poet. Imagine a meeting-room...

Dissociations. . .

 — From EF — A friend of a dear friend is doing studies in creativity for the use of young artists just entering their life-path. The previous one was about achieving creative longevity; the new one considers the process of decision-makings. She gets responses to a...