The Lithgae Launch

Summertime (officially), and the temperature's freezing. That's Scotland's wind chill for you. Otherwise, it's a glorious morning; a fitting follow-up to a good night at the Black Bitch, with Herbie Hancock's Maiden Voyage playing in the background. I lost count, but I think there were close to 30 people there. It was mostly Linlithgow folk, but James W Wood came through from Edinburgh, Alastair Findlay came over the hills from Bathgate and my good friends Alex and Jacqueline escaped the Netherlands just as the Tartan Army was invading. I read two sets, as follows:

• Pedestrian
• Improvisation for the Angel Who Announces the End of Time
• The Meisure o a Nation
• Cardiac
• Hairst Day
• Wandelvakanties Dicht bij Huis
• The Invention of Zero
• The Ambulance Box

Then:

• Still
• Waukrife
• In Praise of Dust
• Lullaby
• Notes to Self

I sold 20 copies and chatted to various folk until 11ish -- midnightish BST -- then we headed home with a couple of boxes of chips.