Mike Lister said he enjoyed my pamphlets
and appreciated my participating in
the writers conference.
He said he thought I added a perspective that was inspiring.
Who
would I inspire? What would I inspire them to do?
Bang their head against the
brick stone wall of the world's
hostility and indifference for 40 years? Happy
birthday.
You made 70. I could call WORKINGMAN'S BLUES
SEPTUAGENARIAN STEW.
I called a book
OLLA PODRIDA once. Putrid pot. Earl Thompson
wrote
a book called Caldo Largo. That's what this is.
Deckhand Fricassee.
Just keep adding fish.
Fresh vegetables. New spices.