*May 5: I had great fun reading poetry on Zoom with the group at the Grind Coffee Open Mic in Vancouver, BC last Friday April 29. It was held at 7 PM, PT, 10 PM here on the eastern seaboard. I read poems from my book “Ascension and Return.” The program also included a “tour” of the artifacts in my study and a video of myself doing Classical Tai chi chuan fist and sword forms. It was one of the most memorable and happiest poetry readings I’ve done. I was surprised to see Kelsey Pardonner, an artist and friend from New Jersey, Jackson Tan, an acupuncturist and student from the Philippines and my cousin Ray Navarro from Oakland, California in the audience. It was too late in the night for me, I could barely keep my eyes open.
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