One thousand Eight hundred and Twenty Miles to Dodge and Back (Including a Tornado)

Wow. Amazed today and riding high.

Billy Collins alone was worth the price of admission,
the hotel cost for 4 nights, the cost of all the food I ate
and wine I drank. All the tanks of gas I burned and the tornado
I barely missed(had to get off the road and didn't
make it to Jersey until Friday morning).

More about it later. So much I want to write.
So much I don't want to forget.

Being there was one of the most inspiring events
of my life.

I even left the troubling letter below alone. Honest.
It didn't enter my mind until I started home.