Update/Utah Phillips
I just spoke to Utah (U. Utah Phillips, “a national treasure,” folksinger, anarchist, poet), and he needs to have surgery on his left hand - one of the tendons is pulling a finger so that it’s turning and he can’t play chords on his guitar. This is scheduled for February or March, and he’s decided that we should push our joint concert/reading off to early fall. We were originally going to be together on stage at his usual April appearance here in Grass Valley, but he wants to do that himself, if at all, very low key, probably without the guitar.
So if you were planning to come to town for that event, mark your calendars for early fall and I’ll let you know as soon as the date is decided on. Utah and I will be writing some things jointly for the occasion, as well as each of us doing our own thing. I’m honored to have been invited to join him, and this is just like him — he’s very generous about bringing younger people along when he can.
I think instead I will look into renting a (smaller) venue and previewing one of my new talks: Curling Your Eyelashes Slows Down the Revolution. During these talks I read poetry, tell a few personal stories, and ladle out some of my opinions about the world, hoping to make you laugh, feel good, and think seriously, all at the same time. Will let you know the date on that.
Happy middle-of-Hannukah and almost-Xmas, everyone, and don’t forget to look at the Xmas lights in your town, if there are some.
xox Molly