Reporter i have to tell you that getting to watch it in livermore was amazing. We watched it firsthand and joined by hundreds of students at the Elementary School looking up to watch the science in action. Reporter the eclipse began at 9 15 am but at the rancho Elementary School the students marched on the yard at 10 00, 15 minutes before the max of the eclipse. This is an incredible learning off turned me opportunity and watching this historical event. Reporter reminding them to put on the glasses before they look up to watch the eclipse. The Science Teacher provided us with cards so that we could check this out on paper, and we could actually see it in person using the glasses. It was pretty good. I did it with paper and sunglasses. I think the eclipse is great. Reporter it was pretty great and and all most of the students got to watch the big show. Four or five students stayed inside because they thought it was not having not a great i did have the students watching the sun and othe
My name is bill miller, and i codirect the fall for the book festival. Whoo thank you very much. [laughter] i am so glad you all are here. First of all, let me a couple of housekeeping things. Cspan is here taping this evening, so that will be broadcast later. We will, that will include the question and answer session, so when we get to that portion, please come down to the microphone here on my left, and that will be lit so that if you ask the scintillating, brilliant question, youll be on cspan. The, we will, were going to do a little presentation, explanation, a couple of things here. Well try to move them along fairly quickly. But then well bring out sandra, and we know thats why youre here, and then we will have book sales and signing in the lobby afterward. Ive been involved with fall for the book since it was a Study Committee in 1998, and it was formed by the city of fairfax, Fairfax County library and a group of us here at mason. From those beginnings, fall for the book has al
Like everyone else who has been on this stage perhaps myself excluded, joes credential joe joes credentials are so varied, and joe has just told me hey has Public Service announcements to make. So im going to before you ask any questions, i do have a few Public Service announcements to make. First of all, since were kind of coming to the end of the roa here i just want to compliment the people who put this thing on. Its it is. [applause] it has been pure joy every minute of it. I mean, the endorphins are just crazy in my brain, and also i am just so honored to have been on the same stage with so many brilliant and wonderful ride cash writers and want to do a special outshout oh joyce carol oats who defended against the idiot hordeses and in 20 years after they were coming after me after i wrote primary colors she defended me, too, andnd defended the act of writing anonymously. Dont screw up my questions, joe. Guest i also want to thank the four young cowboyan American High School teach
Shawn colvin, welcome. [shawn] thank you. [eric] nice to see you again. [shawn] you too. [eric] its so nice to hear your voice coming out of a record, i have to tell you the great fun ive had over the last couple of weeks listening to this record. It reminds me how much i enjoy hearing your music. Thank you. And its a really great, and interesting, and different record. Its very spare, very raw, and casual. Not is as if pejorative i say that, but it just doesnt feel like its been overproduced and over done. Feel like you all had fun thats a great compliment. [eric] making it. We did, and it was done quickly, a week and a half and [eric] you recorded it in a week and a half . We did. And those are exactly the words we want you to use to describe it. Good. And it was recorded in different places, or it was recorded in one place . No, it was recorded in nashville with buddy miller whos a producer and often its not when he produces, you record at his house, which is what we did and it was
Its a pleasure to be back here. Here. Joe and i were just comparing socks, crucial political issue, and you can see he has the best ones. [applause] like everyone else who has been on this stage, perhaps myself excluded, joe clines conditionals are so numerous and so varied that you need to read about them. Theres no point in going through them here. We will lose time. Especially considering the fact that joe has just told me he has Public Service announcements to make. Some going to, if we ask any questions spirit i do have a few Public Service announcements. Since were coming to the end of the road, i just want to complement the people who put this thing on. [applause] it has been pure joy every minute of it. I mean, the endorphins are just running crazy in my brain. And also im just so honored to have been on the same stage with so many brilliant and wonderful writers. I want to do a special shout out to Joyce Carol Oates who defended against the 80 towards on this stage in your pan