Thank you so much to everyone who made it to see This Body, This Fruit at Mixed Blood for the Minnesota Fringe Festival!
I hadn’t quite recovered from the first run of TBTF at the Phoenix Theater when I got into Fringe. I was deferring every possible thing since beginning the run-up to that first production, and of course with Fringe going on I wasn’t able to do much but keep my head above water for non-Theatre obligations, and let’s just say I’m Not Caught Up. I may in fact be taking part in an experiment wherein I attempt to create the very first Spacetime Singularity Fueled Entirely By Items On A To-Do List. I may never catch up, which is fine, I guess, most of everything is made up anyway, right? Don’t Panic!
ADHD is a wonder and a joy at times, and I try to lean into that (because what else can I do?) but it sure makes some things much harder than they otherwise might be. In some other imaginary world. On a related note, if I were a combination of unicorn and pegasus I could spear drones from the sky.
(I did not use so-called “AI” to conjure a stolen-mashed-together-into-gross-slop picture of such a thing, because I wouldn’t ever, because EWWWW and I hope you wouldn’t either, not that I would judge your value as a human being, but please don’t. You’re so much better than that!
I actually started to draw the hybrid creature myself, because WHEEEE 🦄🪽 until I realized - for once! - that I actually have some other things to do that are more important. Sleep, for one. I need some sleep. Really need sleep. Sorry, no drawings of pegicorn (unisus?) for you tonight 🤷🏼♀️)
Anyway, a couple upcoming events for your delectation:
Better Things 5x5 Reading and Open Mic
September 1st, 2026 (yes, that’s today) - 7:00 pm
Seven PM at Moon Palace Books, for our next 5×5 Reading, featuring five fantastic artists: Joel Hernandez, Hawti, Moncies Franco, Beau RaRa, and Khary Jackson, followed by an open mic. I’ll be there! Will you?
Community Storytelling at the Bloomington Street Arts Festival & Oktoberfest
9 Mile Brewing, 11:30 am - 1:30 pm, Saturday September 19th
Come hear me talk about community in a non-poetry voice! I’m thrilled to be sharing along with Pam Schweitzer, Rupa Shenoy-Thadhani, Katie Knutson, Sue Searing, and Danielle Daniel. You’ll also be able to get your beer on, if that’s a thing you’re into, and lots of other Street Arts Festival activities.
BuckSlam September Poetry Slam (#4.03)
Indeed Brewing, 7:00 pm, Wednesday September 9th
Premiering a new poem for this one (if the odds are in my favor and I get to the mic), about an incident that was on my mind for a long time (such persistence a good clue to something I should write about, I’m learning). I think it’s the first poem I’ve written to have two very closely related but not at all identical versions, one fitting into a slam and the other not.
Unbelievable at the Eagan Film Festival
September 25th, 5:00 pm, “You Betcha! Minnesota Shorts” segment
The film festival actually has two days of films, September 25-26, and you can buy tickets right now! If you just want to watch the Minnesota Shorts (and my film in an actual theater 🤩), it’s $12; an all-access pass, giving you 49 shorts and 4 features (!), is $80.
That’s all the news for now. I hope to remember to breathe at some point, and I encourage you to do the same 🌬️
I feel that time bankruptcy statement with every fiber of my body.