The weather people tell us that it will reach 111 degrees today, and we have no reason to doubt them. Nevertheless, the fall semester is underway and so, once again, is this blog. July and most of August were not good writing-months for me; vacation and family matters took up all my attention. With a little luck and work, I can mine some raw material out of those lost days.
I've signed up for Sit Down and Write, this semester moderated by Jimmy Berlin, and hope to push through a poetry project that I've been noodling on for some time. If anything comes of it I'll go into detail another day. I also signed up for Topics in Writing: First Books again, in hopes of having Sarah Vap as an instructor, but for the second time it is not to be. Sarah has left the college and the state for the northern clime -- Oregon or Washington, so I'm told. The last time this happened I was lucky enough to have Josh Rothkamp take over the class instead; I can only hope for that much fun again.
Today I have an appointment to speak with Lisa Miller about the CRW Certificate Program. I've taken most of the classes; I may as well do what is necessary to finish the program. More on that soon.
