Well Endowed

I went to a poetry reading last night at Grand Valley's downtown campus. Two famous poets--Paul Muldoon, an Irish rocker, and Natasha Tretheway, born in the South to parents prohibited to marry in Mississippi--read fantastic poems, told jokes, and shared wisdom.

The highlight?

Refreshments afterward. Open bar (of which I did not partake, but which my classmates enjoyed), assorted cheeses (not just cubes of cheddar and moterrey, but smoked gouda, fresh mozz, and baby swiss), strawberries dipped in dark chocolate, and tiny plates of berries and honey drenched lemon pastry with tiny matching forks.

Here's to big schools with big money: oh, to be well-endowed.