IS THERE A FISH IN THIS STORY?

Here is my fishing/climate change bumper sticker I designed at vistaprint.com in 6 minutes (Click Signs & Posters then Bumper Stickers.). I bought two for about $12 which included postage.  Here are my other ideas, or invent one: He > google (God Is Greater Than google); Yoga = Resilience; Love Anyway; I Am More Than My Metal Exoskeleton; The Wise Ape is Not a Mistake, It's Only How We Live.

Below are updates on fishing, climate change, and ecolit.

Fishing

On the way to looking at Idaho land to buy, I caught two steelhead and released a 6 pound bull trout which, like humans, are an endangered species.

Climate Change

More bad news arrived with Antarctic ice melt far worse than thought, and a plan to "sunshade" warming areas of the world.  An April 11 update notes "Gulf Stream current at its weakest in 1,600 years, studies show."  For those who understand the AMOC, this is major news. For those who don't, you will soon.

Ecolit

The Coachella Review at The University of California, Riverside published my ecoplay The Dome. I'm grateful because this journal has "a relationship with the Palm Springs International Film Festival." Maybe someone will make The Dome into a short film. According to Wikipedia, "It is noted for its Award Ceremonies where such actors as Brad Pitt, Clint Eastwood, Sean Penn, Dustin Hoffman, Anne Hathaway and Leonardo DiCaprio have appeared."  However, for the lead role (only two roles, a man and a lizard) I vote for Canadian First Nations actor Graham Greene nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in Dances with Wolves (1990).  A Native American drama judge voted my play first place at the Tucson Presidio Theatre Company Playwriting Competition in 1994 where the Committee gave it second place and a cash award. An earlier version was selected by The Arizona Commission on the Arts for the Statewide Theatre Conference (May 1993).  The play was directed by Nick Glazer and performed by Mark DeMichele.  

My Hawk on Wire was selected from over 1,500 books as a Montaigne Medal Finalist sponsored by Eric Hoffer Awards for "the most thought-provoking books." There are many writing scams, but my research showed the Eric Hoffer Awards are legitimate, widely known as "one of the largest international book awards for small, academic, and independent presses."

Thanks to visitors this week from United States, United Kingdom, Germany, Pakistan, Australia, Belgium, Canada, Indonesia, Netherlands, and Peru. The YouTube of my Hawk on Wire book launch reading, attended by about 50 people, is here. It has 179 views as of today. I misspoke "glaciers" when I meant to say "icebergs."  I like what Bill McKibben twittered today, "Oil has become a kind of moral poison."  Sometimes concise truths like that are the most powerful.

I will teach Honors Climate Change Poetry Seminar fall term Thursdays at 6:35 p.m., World Lit. I Wednesdays at 6:35 p.m, and Creative Nonfiction Tuesdays at 6:35 p.m.  Creative Writing Program students are now able to take courses twice as A and B sections.