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Tonight I am going to givce a reading with other famous poets at the Smell in LA at 6:30. I know it's late notice, but maybe some of you would like to go. I usually don't post my poetry and writing stuff on this blog because it's for the green/vegan stuff I want to talk about (compartmentalization). Here is the info. Please join us Sunday June 29, at 6:30 pm for the Smell Last Sunday of the Month reading. This month's poets: Aaron Kunin Stan Apps Sara Mumolo Jack Morgan Aaron Kunin is a poet,… Continue

I grew up in LA during its worst drought. Water conservation is something we all just did. There were police making sure we were conserving, so there wasn't much choice, but we made it through. I live in Berkeley now. It's nice here. Something surprising recently happened, though: we were mandated to lower our water consumption. My landlord stuck a note under my door saying basically "conserve or else."… Continue

A little while ago, I won the blog of the week prize from buygreen.com. My prize was a 27 oz. Klean Kanteen. Before that I was using a plastic Voss bottle that I refilled with Brita when I remembered to fill the Brita, but I usually just drink tap water. The East SF Bay has r… Continue

I am not sure what to make of Planet Green. With all the celebrities in their ads on every other page in this week's "New Yorker," I get kind of creeped out. I am not sure who all the celebrities are, and I think that the green pop movement is strong enough to create its own celebs without borrowing from other networks and organizations.… Continue

I have a chapbook-length poem in Hoboeye called Kayd. I hope you like it. If you don't, you should tell someone.