I may or may not be there, depending on:
Heatwaves. Seriously, folks, it’s going to be 120F on Saturday. I’ve lived here for nearly 30 years. It would take extraordinary enticements to make me brave even crossing the street in central Phoenix if I’m not absolutely required to do so. I will probably be lurking in a dim basement listening to music, gorging on mango popcicles, and drafting a subversive political cross-stitch ABC book. (Cross-stitch skulls, mushroom clouds, biohazard symbols, AK47s, Trump’s Hair, and many other fun things to sketch.)
Work. I love my dayjob. I love my writing and art. They are all hitting tremendous deadline pushes with a vengeance this month.
Clothes. (See Heatwaves.) This is not weather for me to tempt heatstroke with heavy hall costumes. So if I go, I’ll just be in civvies. But you might see me wearing this book pendant.
And I may or may not have a cobalt blue streak in my hair.
Anyway, if you are going, stop by any of the Kids Need To Read events and booths, and buy raffle tickets. Why? Let me remind you that this mask…
…is up for grabs, along with (4) $25 vouchers for the jewelry-making supply company Plazko.com.
Carry on.