i HAVE to go to the Pub!

She's coming to O'Donnell's Pub, and I have to be there - I HAVE to, because it is the first poetry workshop available in this area since Methodist College 100 years ago, and NOW we have the chance to study for 2 hours with Joanna McKethan, regionally and nationally recognized poet!  I cannot, will not SHALL not miss this.  Just look at this excerpt from the local paper -

Dreams are great, you say, for nighttime but I say dreams are spit and fiber spun and thrown like spider webs, filmy filament that sticks mid-air, catches and holds tight enough for you to climb, run, nest your babies on, and yet -- still make it there."

This segment is from "Of a Substance Strong Enough," a poem by highly-acclaimed North Carolina poet, Joanna McKethan.

No, cannot shall not will not miss it.  One of the perks of being 40-something is, there's no excuse for not doing what you absolutely want to do - if you miss out, it's because you didn't let it happen.  And so, it looks like in my impending old age, it's time to grab opportunities, let what isn't working go - time to kite the soul, cut the strings...and fly.