June 26
Seattle Sites of the Day:

Special Technology Access Resource Center

Open House - Tuesday, June 27th, 2:00pm - 4:00pm at Center Park Community Center, 2121 26th Ave South (MLK, Jr. Way S at Walker St.)

"Come celebrate the opening of this unique and innovative computer center. STAR provides computer access for all members of the community, including people with barriers or limitations due to disabilities, low income, limited mobility, or other personal restrictions.

"The programs and services of STAR provide technology access for all citizens through state-of-the-art equipment and a community based accessible technology training center. For more information, call the STAR Center at (206) 325-4284."

- Emily Bancroft

Fine Madness
   Pushcart Prize Nominees

"A print-based international journal of poetry. In stores now: Issue 25, voted Best Literary Magazine at Seattle's Bumbershoot Small Press Bookfair!"

Fine Madness has nominated poets for the Pushcart Prize since 1986. This is from Melinda Mueller's poem The Diocese of Rain:

Nones

The afternoon's a camera obscura, enormous,
the world inverted in every lens of rain sliding
on the window-glass. Here's an hour for love
of grief, which ever comes into your arms.
No one will know. The afternoon's
a confessional of whispers. Will you
forgive me? Won't you ever forgive me?
...

Compline

Listen. On the roof. Lau
da te   do mi
num   Laudate
Dominum
Om nes   gen tes
Al le leu ia   Rain
does not fall in the vernacular.

"Harvey Muggy (1944-1991) was a grassroots political organizer with a vision. ... Like many gay activists, Harvey was triggered by the national anti-gay crusade of 1978. He registered voters, filled PCO positions with supporters, knew the issues and the candidates, and monitored elections precinct by precinct on maps like a general on a battlefield. He donated generously to political campaigns and made sure candidates knew it was 'gay money' that was supporting them. ...

"Harvey saw that even good friends could not stand up to the hateful rhetoric in the legislature as well as 'one of our own,' so he ran for 43rd District Representative in 1986. ... In 1988 he delivered the PCO votes that appointed Cal Anderson to the state legislature as the first openly gay representative in Washington.

"A child of Clallum-Irish parents, Harvey supported social justice for all as his motto stated: 'It is not enough to work for one group's civil liberties unless you work for all.' ...

"Harvey wasn't flashy - he just worked hard and had a lot of common sense and feeling for humanity. ...

"Become a PCO: leave a messsage for us at (206) 903-9613 or write to 1122 E. Pike St. #1196, Seattle, WA 98122-3918 and let us know what District and Precinct you live in. We can see if you have a vacanct office in your precinct to fill, or challenge an incumbent..."