I hardly did any advance planning, other than buying a bunch of new-to-me books at the local used bookstore, ordering the bundle of chaps from Seven Kitchens, and getting two or three must-haves from Amazon. Then I made a big pile of candidates on the chair so I could pick what I wanted each morning. That made it more of an adventure for me than having some schedule all worked out in advance.

I wonder if there could be a “sharing community” (trading chaps w/ others) for those whose pockets aren’t very deep to compliment supporting small presses by purchasing. Might be tough to pull off. Planning far enough ahead to make the selections would help. (Did you take a month to do that? I can’t recall now.)

Daunting & intriguing are nice combinations for a true challenge.

And frankly, I think I’d create better poetry by reading more than writing (which is already a goal for this year, one I am actually following through on).

Thanks for being an instigator, Dave, & a reluctant leader. Both are good qualities.