National Poetry Month's featured reader!

The Best I Could Find

I'd love to have you come over to The Laughing Goat as I play the esteemed part of National Poetry Month's featured reader at their acclaimed "So, You're A Poet" poetry reading series!
It'll be a great time.

Monday, April 21st
8:45 pm
Laughing Goat Coffee Shop
1709 Pearl St.
Boulder, CO
http://www.myspace.com/thelaughinggoat

For more info, click over to the "So, You're A Poet" profile on MySpace:
http://www.myspace.com/soyoureapoet

I'll have my poetry book for sale there, too. You could buy one to help finance my family's new home purchase!

Here's a sample of my work:

TOURETTE TIME
Tick, tic, tock.

(just kidding) There are actual poems buried strategically in my blog. At least one is potentially better than that one:
http://www.justaguyonthewebsite.blogspot.com

Hope to see you there!
Peace!
Clint

Our House In The Middle of the Street...

Well, take a look. Here it is--the new family fort/base camp/favorite restaurant/trail head/decompression tank...all those things and more. The new House of Locks. Check it out:

211 E Chester, Lafayette, CO, 80026

Pretty exciting, huh? After renting for, well, forever, the Locks Clan has decided unanimously to become home owners. It's partly an equity issue (we want some), but mostly our hand was forced into the decision. (Many of you will remember the earlier tragic post recounting the fateful phone conversation I had with our landlord, Chuck?). All in all, it's for the best, I suppose, and I won't use time here talking about how broken-hearted we are to have to leave our current neighborhood and its amazing community. (See earlier blog entries for that).

The house is actually quite cool. It's a bit larger than our current rental, is mostly solar powered, has lots of storage, and nice little yard with a place for a small garden for Alisa. It was built in 2002, so it's not that old. We probably won't have to replace the timing belt or clutch for a while. It even has an "it'll do" kind of coffee shop a couple of blocks away for Saturday morning 'family pajama breakfasts' or for those times of obligatory peace and quiet for grading papers or writing letters.

One potential drawback is that there are a large number (hard to count accurately, as they move around a lot) of chickens across the street. This could be a good or bad thing, depending on how we spin it. But that's true about much of life, poultry-based or not. It's all in how you look at it, right-side up, or backwards and sideways. That said, we're excited about our new hacienda, and hope you will visit soon. And in case you're wondering: we move on the 27th and, yes, we need help and, yes, we'll reward you with various grillables and beer for your altruistic efforts.