Off to Vermont…..Alan Mittelstaedt Steps Brilliantly Into the Breach!

January 7th, 2009 by Celeste Fremon

I’m taking off today for Bennington College in Vermont where it is very, very, very cold.

(This is all still part of my MFA program. I graduate in June. Wooo-hooo!)

I’ll then go on to D.C. to join the seething masses for the Obama inauguration.

While I’m away, my esteemed pal Alan Mittelstaedt has agreed to once again step in as your host.

I’ll occasionally post here and there—particularly from Washington, but mostly you can look forward to great stuff from Alan.

Posted in writers and writing | 14 Comments »

14 Responses

1. Woody Says:
   January 7th, 2009 at 8:15 am

   Let’s hope that Alan will write some posts in the “bears and alligators” category that you have ignored for so long.

2. Tiberius Says:
   January 7th, 2009 at 10:32 am

   Woody go back to reading the “Lost Book of Nostradamus”.

3. Listener Says:
   January 7th, 2009 at 11:04 am

   Welcome back, Alan! Looking forward to it.

4. Pokey Says:
   January 7th, 2009 at 5:08 pm

   With his deep clear discerning eyes, he beckons us to reach into our souls and add to the blizzard of bits flying in the blogosphere.

   Here at WittnessLA we bloggers care about the content of your character not the color of your pelt. So we welcome you Wilson!

5. Pokey Says:
   January 7th, 2009 at 5:09 pm

   Oh… Alan – We glad to see you too.

6. Woody Says:
   January 7th, 2009 at 5:43 pm

   Alan, why did you name your dog Wilson? He looks like a pretty good mutt.

7. John Moore Says:
   January 7th, 2009 at 6:21 pm

   Celeste, have a nice trip and enjoy the events. I was in DC for the 2005 Inaugural and it was seriously cold (by LA or Arizona standards).

8. Listener Says:
   January 7th, 2009 at 8:56 pm

   Good catch, Pokey. I wondered what kind of keyboard Wilson might use. Finally decided it had to be voice activated transcription with a translation app.

9. Woody Says:
   January 9th, 2009 at 8:21 am

   Alan is temporarily delaying posting until he learns to post pictures and draw on them.

10. Hiroshi Says:
    January 9th, 2009 at 6:28 pm

    Ah ha ha ha ha ha, ah-you so very funny man Woody. Why you so stupid and why you no take cruise to Somalian coast?

11. pokey Says:
    January 9th, 2009 at 8:08 pm

    Wilson,
    Enough of hiding in your dog house, it’s time to come out and play.

    Perhaps a snappy comparison of Hamas to East LA gangs; or 10 ways that the gov ernator can balance the budget; or …

12. el chavo Says:
    January 9th, 2009 at 9:03 pm

    Hiroshi, Big Betty, Jim, Santiago, Drinking Tony, Conchita are good compadres with Woody and Mary Cummins, they should all get together for menudo and a ramos gin fiz in Highland Parque that would be funny. jejejejeje

13. Woody Says:
    January 10th, 2009 at 10:19 am

    Great. Now, how is Obama going to get anything done with her nagging him all day?

    Obama’s Mother-in-Law to Move Into the White House

    Maybe he could also invite his Kenyan brother and his homeless aunt in Boston to live with him.

14. Woody Says:
    January 10th, 2009 at 10:24 am

    For you California folks, here’s good news:

    Governor rejects Dems’ budget, as he promised