Garrison Keillor doesn’t know it as yet, but the bar has been raised to a near unobtainable height for his appearance later this year at the 14th Annual Writer’s Symposium by the Sea. That’s because he follows in the wake of Urrea, who Tuesday evening packed the auditorium of Point Loma Nazarene University in San Diego. The spirit of Teresita descended upon the audience as host and moderator Dr. Dean Nelson posed some unusual and, I think, unexpected questions. Luis answered with candor, thoughtfulness, and many times with a humorous story. The event was recorded for telecast on UCSD-TV. I made friends there and will find a way to obtain a copy. Dr. Nelson gushed after the presentation that the “room was throbbing with love.” He noted also that the lobby crowd after the presentation was the biggest that they’ve ever had. Book sales were brisk and many a copy went home with a wildly flapping hummingbird on the title page, after a considerable wait. Sorry you all couldn’t be there. You would have been proud of our Sensei.
--Charlie
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Red Charlie. Thanks for sharing
the Urrea Perpetual Tour with
Cabin-20. Luis is one of the
most amazing humans beings I
have ever ever met!
And Cabin-20 Family is a
Blessing to me every day.
No doubt about that. Laguna
Beach is where I discovered
that the Alta California
Pacific Ocean is not as warm
as what I had known in Acapulco.
Such a shock! That must have been
in the 1950s when my cousin
rented a trailer at Laguna Beach.
Has that water gotten any warmer?
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