Seattle Independent Bookstore Day is April 29th!!! (three exclamation points at the very very least.) Hope to see you out there — yes my mom and I will be doing the whole shebang again together. (Don’t know what I’m talking about? Read 2015 and2016 ‘s recaps then go see what’s happening in your neck of the woods on the 29th).

I also highly recommend you read these:

Jane Hirschfield, “On the Fifth Day“

Bob Hicock’s “We’ve Come a Long Way Toward Getting Nowhere“

Alex Dmitrov’s “The Moon After Election Day“

And look at these:

Chronophotography of birds in flight from a project called Ornitographies — they’re somethin’ else.