Norman Mailer Writers Colony & Meeting Sonia Sanchez

I'm at the Norman Mailer Writers' Colony for a writing residency and already good stuff is happening--well, the writing is still difficult, but I've met some wonderful folks--had breakfast with the lovely and amazing writer Anne LeClaire who I haven't seen since my time at Ragdale.  And to my very great delight I got to introduce and spend time with the great poet Sonia Sanchez, who at 75 is every bit of a powerhouse as she ever was--and a lovely, generous spirit. Now if we could just turn down the heat here like maybe high 80s instead of 100?