10 am, Nanaimo - The Dianna Krall Plaza in front of the downtown branch VIR LlB<br /><br />Winona Baker<br /><br />Before I did my half hour this morning I pasted your poster on a cardboard, colored it a bit and hung it in front of me to let people see/ read information about Cooked and Eaten's day of poetry.<br /><br />Today it was one of those 'looks like rain days' in Nanaimo, but except for a few drops it stayed away when I read outdoors in the Diana Krall plaza.<br /><br />Not like my first time in 2007 when I was slated to read in Bowen Park under the big trees, but it poured. The manager of the Bowen Centre there offered a room inside. Very nice, the executive meeting room with great leather chairs.<br /><br />My time slot today was from 10 am to 10:30 for Cooked and Eaten's Cross Canada day of poetry.<br /><br />The people place plaza is downtown in front of our new library so it gave me a chance to read for people going in and out. I brought a couple of my books and asked if they'd like to hear a poem from them.<br /><br />They did, except for a few who shied away I don't know if they thought I was a snake oil salesman or somebody of that ilk.<br /><br />I don't have a digital camera but Kim Goldberg who read later in the day was with me during my stint. She took some pictures and offered to send some on to you of me reading.<br /><br />One little girl there with her family seemed very shy, Kim offered her one of her mini- books. so she was content to let the family listen.<br /><br />Maybe she will be a Cooked and Eaten reader in about 20 years.<br /><br />The head Librarian Abbas put information about my reading on the PA system inside the library to let people inside know what was going on. He then came out and I read a poem for him.<br /><br />Here's to many more Poetry Marathons! I have read at all of them.

10 am, Nanaimo - The Dianna Krall Plaza in front of the downtown branch VIR LlB

Winona Baker

Before I did my half hour this morning I pasted your poster on a cardboard, colored it a bit and hung it in front of me to let people see/ read information about Cooked and Eaten's day of poetry.

Today it was one of those 'looks like rain days' in Nanaimo, but except for a few drops it stayed away when I read outdoors in the Diana Krall plaza.

Not like my first time in 2007 when I was slated to read in Bowen Park under the big trees, but it poured. The manager of the Bowen Centre there offered a room inside. Very nice, the executive meeting room with great leather chairs.

My time slot today was from 10 am to 10:30 for Cooked and Eaten's Cross Canada day of poetry.

The people place plaza is downtown in front of our new library so it gave me a chance to read for people going in and out. I brought a couple of my books and asked if they'd like to hear a poem from them.

They did, except for a few who shied away I don't know if they thought I was a snake oil salesman or somebody of that ilk.

I don't have a digital camera but Kim Goldberg who read later in the day was with me during my stint. She took some pictures and offered to send some on to you of me reading.

One little girl there with her family seemed very shy, Kim offered her one of her mini- books. so she was content to let the family listen.

Maybe she will be a Cooked and Eaten reader in about 20 years.

The head Librarian Abbas put information about my reading on the PA system inside the library to let people inside know what was going on. He then came out and I read a poem for him.

Here's to many more Poetry Marathons! I have read at all of them.