UConn Women and The Faxon Poets

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You are looking at the southern tip of Terry's Island as seen from the Windsor Locks Canal Bike Path on Saturday, 4/5/08. This is the spot that was a sandy beach where we landed our canoe for our island adventure last July. We are awaiting more snow melt to come down from Vermont and New Hampshire that should swell the CT River even more.

What Happened?
Were the UConn women complacent or asleep? In last night’s Final Four the UConn team that took the floor were not the same team we are accustomed to seeing. I’ll tell you what went wrong.

1) The cream-puff non-conference teams on their schedule do nothing to toughen them up. I’d rather see them lose some games and get smarter, tougher, than see what they did in their last two games.

2) When they played Rutgers in the Elite Eight, they ran the Scarlet Knights to death. Rutgers had UConn beat until they ran out of gas. Then UConn came in for the kill and won by 10 points.

3) UConn thought they could do the same to Stanford as they did to Rutgers. It didn’t work. Stanford was too smart. They watch games on TV, too.

So we wait until next year. At least Pat Summit got her wish. I had heard that she was quoted in the New York Times as having said she did not want to meet UConn in the championship game.

Wish granted.

On to more pleasant things.
Congratulations to The Faxon Poets!

Yesterday the Faxon Poets (who meet at the Faxon Library every third Saturday of the month for poetry reading and critique) had their Second Annual Publication Party. Their publication, Perspectives II, contains poems written by members of the group. Most of these same poets were present to read their poetry for us, and it was a pleasure to applaud their efforts. After a short break it was open mic and we heard more excellent poetry. There were a couple new voices and I would like to hear more from them.

I have been to one Saturday workshop and hope to attend more. It all depends on getting out of the house on time.