In 2006 after Sightlines: A Poet’s Diary was published, I gave a series of talks in California, Illinois, and New Mexico. In each talk I included stories, commentary, music, and poetry from Sightlines. Click on the titles for the transcripts that give a flavor of the talks I gave in these locations and occasions.
CLEAN UP YOUR ROOM
Watershed Books
305 N. Main St.
Lakeport, California
June 2, 2006
Friday 3-5 p.m.
HERITAGE
Poet Laureate of Lake County Reading
One of three finalists
April 1, 2006
Lakeport, California
MEMENTO MORI: LIFE AND DEATH MOMENT BY MOMENT
MEMENTO MORI
Remember the Moment of Death
to Remember the Moment of Life
This talk has been given three times in 2006, 2007, 2008:
1) Unitarian Universalist Service, June 4, 2006
Lakeport Yacht Club
Lakeport Marina, near Gazebo Park
Lakeport, California
MEMORIES: EACH DAY RADIANT WITH NEW MEANING
SPECIAL EVENTS AT HAYNER
Hayner Branch Library Events
(OASIS Alton Center, Alton Square Mall)
“Memories: Each Day Radiant with New Meaning”
August 16, 2006
reading, talk, and workshop
Janet Grace Riehl, author
Sightlines: A Poet’s Diary
1 p.m. –Talk and Poetry Reading
2-4 p.m. Workshop: “Writing Memories”
NESTING: TRIBUTE TO MY FOLKS
Selections from Sightlines: A Poet’s Diary
by Janet Grace Riehl
www.sightlinesbook.com
Second Reading Bookstore
Alton, Illinois
April 15, 2006
1-3 p.m.
SHOW ME THE WAY TO GO HOME
Talk, reading, and book signing at
Harwood Art Center
Albuquerque, New Mexico
July 16, 2006
2-3 p.m.
STORY POEMS
Story Poems — Of And For The Families Of The World
by Janet Grace Riehl
Sightlines: A Poet’s Diary
Dedicated to my mother, Ruth Evelyn Johnston Thompson
Writers Read, Ukiah, California
May 25, 2006
[Play violin/sing.]