Thank you, Beautiful People of Portland!

Thank you to the sky for a break in the rainfall. It was a lovely gathering of people and we especially want to thank our library patrons for showing up in such big numbers. Thanks to Paul Susi for being our illustrious emcee, for Ed Edmo for the poetry and Leni Zumas for the brilliant remarks. Thank you to DJ Mami Miami, aka the writer Emilly Prado for the bumpin’ music. We are so lucky to live in a city like Portland, full of creativity and heart. Thank you, thank you.

Poets Kim Stafford and Ed Edmo strike a pose.