Thursday, November 3, 2005
Monte Vista, CO 1PM
Description: presentation, dialog and art at Muddpuppy’s Coffee House, 138 Adams, Monte Vista,CO
Date: Thursday, November 3, 2005
Priority: Medium
Access: Public
Wednesday, November 2, 2005
Wednesday, November 2, 2005 (3pm)
Narrow Gauge Bookstore, 602 Main Street
Alamosa, CO
book signing and presentation
Wednesday, November 2, 2005 (12:30)
Adams State College Student Life Center
Alamosa, CO
Tuesday, November 1, 2005
Tuesday, November 1, 2005 (7pm)
Milagros Coffeehouse, 529 Main Street,
Alamosa, CO
November 1
San Luis Valley, CO
unconfirmed
Monday, October 31, 2005
October 31
Colorado Springs, CO
uncomfirmed
Sunday, October 30, 2005
October 30
Colorado Springs, CO
uncomfirmed
Saturday, October 29, 2005
October 29
Bolder/Lyons, CO
uncomfirmed
A day off. Charlie and I went for a long hike this morning. Just two minutes of sunshine and they were spectacular. It was just as the sun was lifting above the horizon. It hit the Rockies making them glow red. And the clouds behind were stormy, grey, so it looked like the red light was coming from within.
It’s been a full week of events. My favorites have been high school classes. On Wednesday, the Wheels tour went to a charter school in Denver. After our presentations, a few of the kids in the class made it clear they were planning on enlisting in the military in order to go to college. One wanted to hear from Kelly that they could enlist without being sent into a war zone. Another lives in a rough neighborhood and said he’s likely to get shot there anyhow, so why not take his chances in Iraq and get the benefit of the G.I. bill.
Bob left the bus yesterday. Our new bus driver, Dan, has been to Iraq and Palestine and is more eloquent on the issues than any of us. He has a good sense of humor and often uses it to diffuses combative energy when it enters the dialogue. Candy, a vet from the Gulf war, also came on board yesterday. She mostly gets around in a wheelchair, wears a crew cut and “S-W-E-E-T C-A-N-D-Y” tatoos across her fingers. As she spoke last night to the group in Lyons, she listed a dozen ways her body and mind have “fallen apart” since the war, including intense pain in the muscles and joints of her legs which make it difficult to walk. She attributes many of her ailments to shots she was required to get before heading over to Saudi Arabia, including one that contained anthrax.
Tabling with Bea, Dan, and Candy at Columbia College
Dan
