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~ September 2010 ~

I see there is now a news archive, thanks to Katie, and I even read back through it myself. I learned quite a bit!

The focus of August was a visit to Milwaukee and Michigan farm country. I felt lucky to travel part of the trip by boat and train. At the farm in Allegan, Michigan I was busy in the pursuit of Leinenkugel's beer, the flight, song, and dance of Sand Hill Cranes, cicada songs, two more Stephen Jay Gould books and a delightful and cranky collection of essays by H.L. Mencken. On the poetry page I have a new poem that gathers some of this.

I suddenly have a new trip to the San Francisco bay area, just when I thought that was over for this year. On the calendar page you will see that I am doing a house party for Warren Jennings in Santa Rosa on Sept. 12, then Pier 23 on Sept. 14. Contact information for Warren is available there.

Chris Tyle's Pacific Players

Ray Skjelbred and his Cubs will be playing two jobs in Seattle: October 16 from 4-8 at the New Orleans restaurant, then the next day for the Puget Sound jazz club from 12:30 to 4:30. We can use all the support we can get, especially at the restaurant. Come see us.
dog years

Sand Hill Cranes are remarkable. In flight they look sort of like Superman from the old television show, arms and legs flying straight out in front and back; when they dance in fields they tend to look like John Cleese; and when you hear their voices without seeing them, they sound like adolescent wild turkeys who are gargling. They don't resemble Bing Crosby but they do kind of remind me of Sterling Holloway. Remember, he was the stork who delivered Dumbo to his mother!

 
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