Been a real joy to join, and be so embraced by, the writing community here at Linfield, in McMinnville, and across Oregon and the Pacific Northwest. And I’m really delighted to be part of the 5th Annual Terroir Creative Writing Festival this year. I’ll be teaching a craft class, Notes Toward Evocative Prose: What We Really Mean to Say, and doing a poetry reading with Maggie Chula, Paulann Petersen, and my wonderful colleague Lex Runciman.