sometimes it doesn't get any better than today and yesterday. the weather is so very like spring, sunny and in the high 60s, that just driving around with the windows open to the sun and air is a restorative. this part of california usually gets a taste of spring in february and i am grateful for it.

in other news check out guillermo parra's blog as he translates opinion pieces by two young venezuelan poets willy mckey and santiago acosta, editors of the new journal el salmon.