<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div dir="auto" style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div dir="auto" style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" dir="auto" class=""><b class="">You are cordially invited to join us for the second of a monthly series of virtual poetry readings, this one featuring Sonoma County Poet Laureate Elizabeth Herron</b><div class=""><b class="">Saturday, August 27 from 10:00 to 10:30 AM PST.</b></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">There is no charge for this event and no need to pre-register, just click this link: <span class="" style="color: rgb(35, 35, 51); font-family: Lato, Helvetica, Arial; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial;"> </span><span class="" style="color: rgb(35, 35, 51); font-family: Lato, Helvetica, Arial; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial;"> </span><a target="_blank" href="https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86138765725?pwd=dFRVaEVxR3lkWUsvdGhxd3pOc1dxZz09" class="" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(9, 86, 181); text-decoration: none; font-family: Lato, Helvetica, Arial; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; overflow-wrap: break-word;">https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86138765725?pwd=dFRVaEVxR3lkWUsvdGhxd3pOc1dxZz09</a></div><div class="">and enter the passcode: <strong id="displayPassword" class="hideme" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: inline; color: rgb(35, 35, 51); font-family: Lato, Helvetica, Arial; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial;">591540</strong></div><div class=""><div class="" style="orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><font color="#232333" face="Lato, Helvetica, Arial" class=""><span class="" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><b class=""><br class=""></b></span></font></div><div class="" style="orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><font color="#232333" face="Lato, Helvetica, Arial" class=""><span class="" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><b class=""><br class=""></b></span></font></div><div class="" style="orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><font color="#232333" face="Lato, Helvetica, Arial" class=""><span class="" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><b class=""><br class=""></b></span></font></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><span class="" style="font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial;">After attending the University of Hawaii, Elizabeth earned a Masters in Counseling at San Francisco State University. She studied the origin of aesthetic behavior, and received a PhD in Psychology from the University for Integrative Learning, a fleeting distance-learning program founded by graduates of the Harvard School of Education. She joined the Counseling Center at Sonoma State University and subsequently moved to a faculty position, teaching Creative Writing, Creativity and Contemplative Practice, and Ecological Identity. “Whether facilitating dream groups, studying, teaching, or gathering hawthorn berries and windfall apples, writing has always been my life.” </span><br class="" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial;"><br class="" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial;"><span class="" style="font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial;">Born in Illinois and raised in Hawaii, <b class="">in the 70s she moved to Sonoma County and in 1991,the year of the Dunsmuir Spill, she settled in the Atascadero Watershed, west of the Laguna </b>de Santa Rosa, and south of the Russian River. After traveling north to bear witness to the aftermath of the spill, she committed a decade of her work to the study of wild trout and salmon and threats to their survival. <b class="">Watershed</b> work led her <b class="">ultimately </b>to the climate crisis<b class="">. H</b>er recent writing includes a <b class="">forthcoming book</b> of poems centered on climate<b class="">,</b> as well as <b class="">two new </b>chapbook<b class="">s</b> of “poems from the post-post world,” <b class="">one of these entirely from the voices of women</b>.</span></div><div class=""><span class="" style="font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial;"><br class=""></span></div><div class=""><span class="" style="font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial;"><br class=""></span></div><div class=""><span class="" style="font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial;"><span class="" style="font-family: adobe-garamond-pro; font-size: 19.2px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; text-decoration-thickness: initial;">LIKE LONGING</span><br class="" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; font-family: adobe-garamond-pro; font-size: 19.2px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; text-decoration-thickness: initial;"><br class="" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; font-family: adobe-garamond-pro; font-size: 19.2px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; text-decoration-thickness: initial;"><span class="" style="font-family: adobe-garamond-pro; font-size: 19.2px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; text-decoration-thickness: initial;">At home I am wild</span><br class="" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; font-family: adobe-garamond-pro; font-size: 19.2px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; text-decoration-thickness: initial;"><span class="" style="font-family: adobe-garamond-pro; font-size: 19.2px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; text-decoration-thickness: initial;">in my privacy</span><br class="" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; font-family: adobe-garamond-pro; font-size: 19.2px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; text-decoration-thickness: initial;"><span class="" style="font-family: adobe-garamond-pro; font-size: 19.2px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; text-decoration-thickness: initial;">eating avocado with lemon</span><br class="" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; font-family: adobe-garamond-pro; font-size: 19.2px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; text-decoration-thickness: initial;"><span class="" style="font-family: adobe-garamond-pro; font-size: 19.2px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; text-decoration-thickness: initial;">and olive oil</span><br class="" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; font-family: adobe-garamond-pro; font-size: 19.2px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; text-decoration-thickness: initial;"><br class="" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; font-family: adobe-garamond-pro; font-size: 19.2px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; text-decoration-thickness: initial;"><span class="" style="font-family: adobe-garamond-pro; font-size: 19.2px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; text-decoration-thickness: initial;">naked in the garden</span><br class="" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; font-family: adobe-garamond-pro; font-size: 19.2px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; text-decoration-thickness: initial;"><span class="" style="font-family: adobe-garamond-pro; font-size: 19.2px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; text-decoration-thickness: initial;">digging potatoes</span><br class="" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; font-family: adobe-garamond-pro; font-size: 19.2px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; text-decoration-thickness: initial;"><span class="" style="font-family: adobe-garamond-pro; font-size: 19.2px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; text-decoration-thickness: initial;">my hands dark</span><br class="" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; font-family: adobe-garamond-pro; font-size: 19.2px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; text-decoration-thickness: initial;"><span class="" style="font-family: adobe-garamond-pro; font-size: 19.2px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; text-decoration-thickness: initial;">with the damp earth</span><br class="" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; font-family: adobe-garamond-pro; font-size: 19.2px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; text-decoration-thickness: initial;"><br class="" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; font-family: adobe-garamond-pro; font-size: 19.2px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; text-decoration-thickness: initial;"><span class="" style="font-family: adobe-garamond-pro; font-size: 19.2px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; text-decoration-thickness: initial;">My skin smells of sun</span><br class="" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; font-family: adobe-garamond-pro; font-size: 19.2px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; text-decoration-thickness: initial;"><span class="" style="font-family: adobe-garamond-pro; font-size: 19.2px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; text-decoration-thickness: initial;">and dry sweat</span><br class="" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; font-family: adobe-garamond-pro; font-size: 19.2px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; text-decoration-thickness: initial;"><span class="" style="font-family: adobe-garamond-pro; font-size: 19.2px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; text-decoration-thickness: initial;">spicy</span><br class="" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; font-family: adobe-garamond-pro; font-size: 19.2px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; text-decoration-thickness: initial;"><span class="" style="font-family: adobe-garamond-pro; font-size: 19.2px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; text-decoration-thickness: initial;">like a summer field flower</span><br class="" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; font-family: adobe-garamond-pro; font-size: 19.2px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; text-decoration-thickness: initial;"><br class="" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; font-family: adobe-garamond-pro; font-size: 19.2px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; text-decoration-thickness: initial;"><span class="" style="font-family: adobe-garamond-pro; font-size: 19.2px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; text-decoration-thickness: initial;">I brush my hair</span><br class="" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; font-family: adobe-garamond-pro; font-size: 19.2px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; text-decoration-thickness: initial;"><span class="" style="font-family: adobe-garamond-pro; font-size: 19.2px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; text-decoration-thickness: initial;">and pale grass seeds fall</span><br class="" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; font-family: adobe-garamond-pro; font-size: 19.2px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; text-decoration-thickness: initial;"><span class="" style="font-family: adobe-garamond-pro; font-size: 19.2px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; text-decoration-thickness: initial;">I keep all the doors</span><br class="" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; font-family: adobe-garamond-pro; font-size: 19.2px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; text-decoration-thickness: initial;"><span class="" style="font-family: adobe-garamond-pro; font-size: 19.2px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; text-decoration-thickness: initial;">and windows open</span><br class="" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; font-family: adobe-garamond-pro; font-size: 19.2px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; text-decoration-thickness: initial;"><br class="" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; font-family: adobe-garamond-pro; font-size: 19.2px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; text-decoration-thickness: initial;"><span class="" style="font-family: adobe-garamond-pro; font-size: 19.2px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; text-decoration-thickness: initial;">the night invited</span><br class="" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; font-family: adobe-garamond-pro; font-size: 19.2px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; text-decoration-thickness: initial;"><span class="" style="font-family: adobe-garamond-pro; font-size: 19.2px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; text-decoration-thickness: initial;">Desire is a green fruit</span><br class="" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; font-family: adobe-garamond-pro; font-size: 19.2px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; text-decoration-thickness: initial;"><span class="" style="font-family: adobe-garamond-pro; font-size: 19.2px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; text-decoration-thickness: initial;">like longing but</span><br class="" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; font-family: adobe-garamond-pro; font-size: 19.2px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; text-decoration-thickness: initial;"><span class="" style="font-family: adobe-garamond-pro; font-size: 19.2px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; text-decoration-thickness: initial;">not as blue</span></span></div><div class=""><span class="" style="font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial;"><span class="" style="font-family: adobe-garamond-pro; font-size: 19.2px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; text-decoration-thickness: initial;"><br class=""></span></span></div><div class=""><span class="" style="font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial;"><span class="" style="font-family: adobe-garamond-pro; font-size: 19.2px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; text-decoration-thickness: initial;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>- </span></span><span class="" style="font-family: adobe-garamond-pro; font-size: 19.2px; orphans: 2; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Elizabeth Herron</span></div><div class=""><span class="" style="font-family: adobe-garamond-pro; font-size: 19.2px; orphans: 2; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><br class=""></span></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>