Wendy Barker

Wendy Barker
Wendy Barkeris an American poet. She is Poet-in-Residence and the Pearl LeWinn Professor of Creative Writing at the University of Texas at San Antonio, where she has taught since 1982...
encourage fun parade
It's just a small-town, down-home parade that we really encourage all the entries to just have fun with it.
house local parking point preserve register tear
To tear down any (historical) house for a parking lot is not good. The whole point of a local register is to preserve our heritage.
charge great offered organizing totally
He was totally in charge of organizing the tours, which was great for me. I totally relied on him. It was something we offered that I didn't have to think about. I didn't have to do anything. We did the (copying), that was it.
buried hope learn people stories year
There are so many stories and so many important people buried here. Our hope is that we can do this every year and learn more about the people.
community festival free learn people wonderful
The festival really is a community celebration. It's a wonderful free event; people will learn about Escondido.
community festival free learn people wonderful
The festival really is a community celebration, ... It's a wonderful free event; people will learn about Escondido.