OK. Barring something unforeseen, it looks like I'll be reading at the Kent State Library on the main campus in the fall. Details to be posted as it becomes more official.

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This is a piece of something I wrote today:

Fragments of
The world

Look at
A world

Perspective is always more partial (in all senses) than one knows.

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Reading:

The Grey Album: On the Blackness of Blackness by Kevin Young

Love in a Dark Time and Other Explorations of Gay Lives and Literature by Colm Toibin

How Should a Person Be? by Sheila Heti

How Should a Person Be? is a great title, isn't it?

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I'm making a big batch of my legendary spaghetti sauce. Otherwise known as "Magic". It's a three or so hour process:

crushed tomatoes,

tomato paste,

garlic,

basil,

oregano,

bay leaf,

zucchini,

mushrooms,

carrots,

ground beef (or sausage),

red wine

It's all about a long slow simmer. And if you don't like meat, leave it out. Just don't leave out the other stuff.

I'm making it now not so much because I want it as that I want to make it. We'll surely eat it for dinner tonight but then I'll pack a bunch away in the freezer to pull out when needed for us or a relative or friend.

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I was really happy to see the Miami Heat win the NBA Finals last night.

I'm a fan of the NBA. Having Lebron play in this area for awhile was great. Was sorry he left, didn't like the way he left, but understood why he left. And I do love that Wade/Bosh/Lebron trio. Seeing Miller streak with the threes incredibly beautiful too.

Now I can't wait for next season. When I'll get back to the basics of rooting for the Cavaliers and watching the Heat on the down low.

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