{"id":28309,"date":"2026-05-17T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-17T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mathdreads.com\/?p=28309"},"modified":"2026-05-15T23:56:01","modified_gmt":"2026-05-16T03:56:01","slug":"12-9-2013-awr-celebrations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mathdreads.com\/?p=28309","title":{"rendered":"12.8.2013 AWR: Celebrations"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mathdreads.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/image-1515.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"284\" height=\"599\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mathdreads.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/image-1515.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-28311\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mathdreads.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/image-1515.png 284w, https:\/\/www.mathdreads.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/image-1515-142x300.png 142w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 284px) 100vw, 284px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">The celebrant Rouletters gathered together once again, this time around a Christmas tree, in order to perform their wares based on \u201cCelebrations.\u201d<br><a href=\"https:\/\/austinwritersroulette.wordpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/group-shot.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mathdreads.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/image-1516.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"155\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mathdreads.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/image-1516.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-28312\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Birdman 313<\/strong> kicked off the show, reading three poems about the joys and different aspects of celebrating.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mathdreads.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/image-1517.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"344\" height=\"597\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mathdreads.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/image-1517.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-28313\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mathdreads.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/image-1517.png 344w, https:\/\/www.mathdreads.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/image-1517-173x300.png 173w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 344px) 100vw, 344px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Daniel Davila<\/strong> paid tribute to the swirling myriad of celebrations throughout one\u2019s lifetime, including his favorite character\u2013himself being alive! Then he played a musical interlude on his clarinet, which was given to him by his great grandmother who bartered it from a musician who had played it with Louis Armstrong.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mathdreads.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/image-1518.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mathdreads.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/image-1518.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-28314\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mathdreads.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/image-1518.png 450w, https:\/\/www.mathdreads.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/image-1518-225x300.png 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Teresa Y. Roberson<\/strong> shared her journey from injury and invisibleness, to wellness and re-visibleness and celebrated the things the experience made her thankful for.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mathdreads.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/image-1519.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mathdreads.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/image-1519.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-28315\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Thom the Wassail Poet<\/strong> read a delicious smorgasbord of celebratory poems with clarinet accompaniment by <strong>Davila<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mathdreads.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/image-1520.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"258\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mathdreads.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/image-1520.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-28316\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">The ever stylish <strong>Sangye O\u2019Mara<\/strong> began the evening\u2019s open mic.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mathdreads.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/image-1521.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"237\" height=\"299\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mathdreads.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/image-1521.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-28318\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Louise Richards<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mathdreads.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/image-1522.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mathdreads.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/image-1522.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-28319\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-medium-font-size\"><strong>David aka Ben Franklin<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mathdreads.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/image-1523.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"302\" height=\"597\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mathdreads.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/image-1523.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-28320\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mathdreads.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/image-1523.png 302w, https:\/\/www.mathdreads.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/image-1523-152x300.png 152w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 302px) 100vw, 302px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Birdman 313<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mathdreads.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/image-1524.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"183\" height=\"299\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mathdreads.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/image-1524.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-28321\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Peter<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mathdreads.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/image-1525.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"230\" height=\"298\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mathdreads.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/image-1525.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-28322\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Jaime<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mathdreads.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/image-1526.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"338\" height=\"597\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mathdreads.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/image-1526.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-28324\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mathdreads.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/image-1526.png 338w, https:\/\/www.mathdreads.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/image-1526-170x300.png 170w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 338px) 100vw, 338px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Daniel<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mathdreads.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/image-1527.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mathdreads.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/image-1527.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-28325\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Thom<\/strong> &amp; <strong>Daniel<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/austinwritersroulette.wordpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/thom-daniel-2.jpg\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/austinwritersroulette.wordpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/birdman-2.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mathdreads.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/image-1528.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"252\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mathdreads.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/image-1528.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-28326\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mathdreads.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/image-1529.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mathdreads.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/image-1529.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-28327\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mathdreads.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/image-1529.png 600w, https:\/\/www.mathdreads.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/image-1529-300x225.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mathdreads.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/image-1530.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"560\" height=\"599\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mathdreads.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/image-1530.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-28328\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mathdreads.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/image-1530.png 560w, https:\/\/www.mathdreads.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/image-1530-280x300.png 280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mathdreads.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/image-1531.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mathdreads.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/image-1531.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-28329\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mathdreads.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/image-1531.png 450w, https:\/\/www.mathdreads.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/image-1531-225x300.png 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mathdreads.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/image-1532.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"369\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mathdreads.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/image-1532.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-28330\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mathdreads.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/image-1532.png 600w, https:\/\/www.mathdreads.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/image-1532-300x185.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mathdreads.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/image-1533.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mathdreads.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/image-1533.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-28331\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mathdreads.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/image-1533.png 600w, https:\/\/www.mathdreads.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/image-1533-300x225.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mathdreads.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/image-1534.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mathdreads.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/image-1534.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-28332\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mathdreads.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/image-1534.png 600w, https:\/\/www.mathdreads.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/image-1534-300x225.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mathdreads.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/image-1535.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"464\" height=\"598\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mathdreads.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/image-1535.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-28333\" 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Daniel Davila paid tribute to the swirling myriad of celebrations throughout one\u2019s lifetime, including his favorite &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mathdreads.com\/?p=28309\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">12.8.2013 AWR: Celebrations<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[45],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28309","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-austin-writers-roulette"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mathdreads.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28309","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mathdreads.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mathdreads.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mathdreads.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mathdreads.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=28309"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.mathdreads.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28309\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28669,"href":"https:\/\/www.mathdreads.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28309\/revisions\/28669"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mathdreads.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=28309"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mathdreads.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=28309"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mathdreads.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=28309"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}