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Hello to South Africa, Czechia, Sweden, and Poland! And, a special thank you to all my readers around the world. Read newest post for February 2018 at http://carpenoctum2.blogspot.com/2018/02/brenda-de-flanders-black-history.html                                        Delores Fisher educator/blogger Just want to talk about a few events and people whose lives and projects have helped me smile through the last few weeks of flu related illness. Thanks to my doctor for intervening with gentle yet cautionary medical advice and for helping me to slow down. Our 21st century array of several effective vaccines seem to be working against recent flu outbreaks, but be cautious; nature previously revealed in 1918 its ability to mutate viruses with disastrously unpredictable global consequences. http...

                                                   International Poet Olga Garcia Hello to folks in the U.S., new international readers in India, Ireland, Egypt and to brand new readers in Bhutan! Each year, several poets and I get together from time to time for breakfast, or a luncheon salad, mid-afternoon tea, and dessert or a few evening street tacos. We relax in venues from East Village  to Hillcrest to Downtown San Diego's international food district. This unusually bright, clear skied day, Olga Garcia international poet and an editor of the San Diego Poetry Annual  https://sandiegopoetryannual.com/    meets me for an early lunch. We choose a favorite chil-lax eatery: Bread and Cie in Hillcrest  http:...

Hello Costa Rico, Ireland, Canada, Australia, France, Germany, and all my readers. Thank you! MARTIN LUTHER KING DAY A few thoughts from my Sonictapestry site: a retro celebration/reflection blog post on Dr. Martin Luther King Day.   https://sonictapestry.wordpress.com/2016/04/18/stevie-wonders-support-for-dr-martin-luther-king-holiday/ We're here in the new year 2017. It's raining a lot this January in San Diego.                                                                        Delores Fisher San Diego Sports News San Diego, California is in a very interesting sports city position as of a few days ago. We no longer have our football team the Chargers. Many of the Chargers were not only "paid athletes" they were also responsible community members. As newscasters have reminded us: the C...

                                                              Delores Fisher Year's end shout out to my new readers in Portugal, Ukraine, Philippines and Turkey! Hmm....what a year 2016 has been for us Earthlings/Terrestrials those who inhabit this world. What a roller coaster ride.  It's now near year's end, "the holiday season." In rejoicing, share joy; yet, morn with those who are suffering displacement, dire poverty, enduring loss. Remembrance First, a pause to give one last round of applause to those who are no longer on the world stage:  http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-38418802?SThisFB And now, I offer a few random thoughts gathered during these last few months for Carpe Noctum reader...

          "Judy the Beauty" and Me (Delores) at the Big Kitchen I am supposed to meet poet, educator Jim Moreno this Saturday morning September 17th 2016 for an early Interview and hot breakfast at the Big Kitchen in Golden Hills, 3030 Grape Street http://sandiegofreepress.org/2015/08/the-big-kitchen-in-golden-hill-progressive-san-diego/  Jim and I agreed on the restaurant because of fond memories and its current ambiance. I get there early, and call to check on Jim. His answering machine picks up. Hmmm. Not like him. I pull my jacket around my shoulders and wait outside. It is grey overcast San Diego near fall weather. It is a few minutes after 8:00AM.                                            Chill San Diego early mo...

Delores Fisher (Bread and Cie Cafe San Diego, CA) pre-poetry reading It's always an event to remember when you hang out with experienced San Diego poets. Of course when Olga Gutierrez-Garcia, editor of the bilingual volume of the San Diego Poetry Annual and author of "Dark Matters," and I recently decided to make time to talk about newest events in our busy lives, it was an added bonus to go to a poetry reading, especially readings by the select group  of poets chosen for one of San Diego's  premiere poetry publications, The San Diego Poetry Annual 2015-2016     https://sandiegopoetryannual.com/   We try to sit down and hang out at least three times a year. I had completed lesson plans and was almost on the last week of teaching summer school with some pretty awesome, and cool students.            International poet Olga Gutierrez-Garcia at Bread and Cie (San Diego CA) Olga and I headed to Bread and Cie Cafe, had lig...