I notice Anna mentioned on her blog that she was glad she chose to stay at the Day`s Inn instead of the dorms, and I, too, had been forewarned.

HOWEVER, now conference participants stay in UNIVERSITY HALL, one of the beautiful new dorms with air-conditioned suites.

My room was on the 7th floor, and each person had her own room and bathroom. The room was very clean and well-lit. We also had a common sitting room for both of us. The dorms are secure, and we all had our...

I'll try this again. Early this morning I had prepared a lengthy blog about yesterday's activities and when I hit the "Post Now" button, I found I had been logged out. When I logged back in and tried to retrieve the blog, everything but the title had disappeared.

Suffice it to say that Friday's panels and classes were informative and inspiring, in particular the Mezzo Cammin Fifth-Anniversary Readings, chaired by Kim Bridgford, with readings by Rhina Espaillat, Julie...

Hello again. Since Quincy hijacked my thread on the Staff forum, I decided to post to my blog instead.

Hello again! Yesterday I heard Micheal O'Siadhail at the "Poets' Landscapes & Sense of Place" panel read one of the most beautiful poems of place I have ever heard, "October" by Patrick Kavanagh. Hope someone can find a link and post it. He spoke about parochial vs. provincial place posme, and read three of his own cityscapes - on Dublin, London and new York....

Some Sphereans will be arriving at the Philadelphia airport on the afternoon of Tuesday, June 7 and catching the 5:00 shuttle bus from the airport to West Chester. We're thinking it might be nice to get together for dinner that evening. If anyone's interested, please send me a PM and I'll start to organize. Cathy

Any Sphereans attending this year? Please let me know and maybe we can organize a get-together. I'm really looking forward to meeting some of my "virtual" friends!