Saturday February 19th - 6:01PM - still Columbia, SC

I can't say i particularly like Columbia. There is a stillness of spirit, that seems to whisper everything i fear about being black in the south. Still, we had our reading this afternoon, and it went well. Lynne followed by me followed by Samantha. A scattered crowd seemed to like us by and large, though a white man in the front row seemed really alarmed by Samantha's and my, work. Good...

I'm about to siesta before tonight's "party". Apparently it's a fish-fry. I expect it to be interesting at the very least.

later...