April 23: Book Club Tomorrow Night

This week is all about tomorrow night for me.  My book club is meeting at my house.  We're talking about David Rakoff's Love, Dishonor, Marry, Die, Cherish, Perish.  It's National Poetry Month, and I forced everybody to read a novel in verse.  From preliminary reports, I think it's going to be one of the most popular poetry books I've had my book club members read.

Usually, nobody even buys the poetry book I choose for April.  This year, every person bought the book, and I think every person will have read it by tomorrow night.  That will be a first for April book club.

Of course, there's snow in the forecast.

Saint Marty's hoping for rain.  And lots of poetry.  Maybe some pizza.

Even snow won't stop poetry

August 13: Last Day, Poetry Book, "Carol" Dip

Today is the last day of my vacation.  I have a few things planned.  As soon as I'm done typing this post, I'm going for a run.  Then, I'm going to take my kids swimming at a local pool.  This afternoon, I'm taking my daughter to see the new Diary of a Wimpy Kid movie.  It's going to be a daddy-daughter date.  With lots of buttered popcorn.

I'm not going to spend a lot of time searching around for some other topic to expound upon in this post.  I do have a question for Carol dip Monday.  It's a question that's been on my mind since last Friday, when I got the news about the poetry competition.  My question for the great book of Dickens is:

Will I get my new  book of poems published this year?

And the answer from Chuck is:

My opinion is, that it was a done thing between him and Scrooge's nephew; and that the Ghost of Christmas Present knew it...

So, it's a done deal.  Scrooge's nephew Fred knows it.  The Ghost of Christmas Present knows it.

And now Saint Marty knows it, too:  my book will be published.

...at least for one more day