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I went for a reiki treatment on Saturday and feel a billion times better as a result. I always know when it's time for reiki because my chest starts to hurt. I got some blockages cleared up and felt better immediately.
Poetry festival was awesome, and completely what I needed this weekend. Saturday I went down to one of my favourite Edmonton venues to catch a League of Poets reading. Got to see a lot of good friends, including Dymphny from Grande Prairie, and my friend Jenna. A lot of the visiting poets needed to go to supper. Unfortunately, I had forgotten my wallet at home, but Jenna was willing to spot me the cash. We went for a great Greek supper and I talked to poets from Victoria, Winnipeg and Saskatoon. I really connected with one woman, who is a science writer. She lived in Vancouver for 13 years, but is originally from Saskatoon and has been living there since 2006. We got along like a house on fire.
Afterwards, we went back to the Artery for more readings. It was a late night of some pretty diverse and stellar reading and a lot of visiting with friends. In fact, Jenna and I didn't get home until midnight.
I woke up at a decent hour and did a bunch of stuff around my house. Then I walked (in the snow!!!) down to the Three Bananas cafe so I could give a five minute reading. I read with a good group of people, and premiered my queen bee poems, which went over well. Then I came home, read some more, lay on the couch and started watching the Peter Jackson version of King Kong, which I turned off because it was such a huge pile of steaming wankery. Holy crap, that movie just sucks.
Poetry festival was awesome, and completely what I needed this weekend. Saturday I went down to one of my favourite Edmonton venues to catch a League of Poets reading. Got to see a lot of good friends, including Dymphny from Grande Prairie, and my friend Jenna. A lot of the visiting poets needed to go to supper. Unfortunately, I had forgotten my wallet at home, but Jenna was willing to spot me the cash. We went for a great Greek supper and I talked to poets from Victoria, Winnipeg and Saskatoon. I really connected with one woman, who is a science writer. She lived in Vancouver for 13 years, but is originally from Saskatoon and has been living there since 2006. We got along like a house on fire.
Afterwards, we went back to the Artery for more readings. It was a late night of some pretty diverse and stellar reading and a lot of visiting with friends. In fact, Jenna and I didn't get home until midnight.
I woke up at a decent hour and did a bunch of stuff around my house. Then I walked (in the snow!!!) down to the Three Bananas cafe so I could give a five minute reading. I read with a good group of people, and premiered my queen bee poems, which went over well. Then I came home, read some more, lay on the couch and started watching the Peter Jackson version of King Kong, which I turned off because it was such a huge pile of steaming wankery. Holy crap, that movie just sucks.