November 07, 2007

Excuses for laziness

My apologies for the long gap: I had a deadline to write 4 poems for a new journal coming out next year. I have a long entry to post by tonight but in the mean time I direct you to a periodic reminder of the bird flu situation - http://crofsblogs.typepad.com/h5n1/ - more than 90 deaths this year alone.
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