I had a bit of sad news last night. The poet Taha Muhammed Ali died Oct. 1. I first heard him at the 2002 Dodge Poetry Festival. This is a video of him reading at the 2006 festival.



When I saw him, he was excited to be in America reading his poetry at the Dodge Festival. Rather hard not to like him and his enthusiasm for life and poetry. He was 80 this year.

Going to try running this morning, hopefully my toe will allow it. I am getting rather tired of its constant whining. 

The weather dudes are calling for t-showers over the next few days. I hope we get a lot of rain as we really really need it.