Performed poetry is even older than theater, and Robert González imagines and recreates what poetry was like delivered from a stage to an audience — just the pure language and people to listen to it. Town Players will welcome Robert González in a solo stage performance of great and beloved poems on Sunday, July 12, at 7:30 pm, at The Little Theatre, 18 Orchard Hill Road in Newtown. Included in “‘Rhapsody in Verse: The Void Of Great Poets On Time, Nature & Love” will be works by Shakespeare, Keats, Blake, Dickinson, Whitman, Donne, Hopkins, Frost, Tennyson, Shelley, and others. The performance will be followed by refreshments and an opportunity for discussion. Admission is free of charge, although donations to defray expenses are welcome. Reservations are recommended, and may be made by calling the box office at 203-270-9144 or by sending an e-mail to reservations@newtownplayers.org.

Helen Smith captured Steve, the iconic dog walker of The Pleasance, in some of his dapper new summer hats, this week. Looks like Steve knows to avoid the damaging rays of the hot sun. Me, I’ll just be lounging about under the shady foliage there.

By this past Tuesday, July 7, a line of boxes were set up outside Reed Intermediate School for the Friends of the Library Annual Book Sale, opening July 11 and running through July 15.   It’s a Book Sale tradition, with bibliophiles ensuring that when tickets go on sale at 7 am on Saturday, that they will be at the head of the line. While it might seem these place holders are ahead of the game, Book Sale volunteers tell me that one box was placed in front of RIS the early part of last week. I only really expect the first people in line to run... but avid book readers should run to the sale while it is on. You can find complete sale information at www.boothbooksale.org.

It looks like it is a becoming a tradition for farmers and customers to make a mad dash from the rain. Once again, the Tuesday afternoon Farmers Market at Fairfield Hills experienced periodic dousing, thanks to some heavy rainfall this week. Troopers that they are, the growers will return again next week with their many wares. The event is due for a sunny day… but just in case, I’ll be carrying a big umbrella.

Kids get to go to camps and do so much fun stuff all summer long, learning in a different way than during the school year. But what about the big people in town? I noticed that Sticks and Stones Farm Retreat on Huntingtown Road is offering lots of programs for the “mature” population, from healing meditation to plant walks to yoga or ukulele. Many of the summer programs are by donation, too, meaning you can pay what you can afford. Check out the full listing at www.sticksandstonesfarm.com.

Don’t forget that Parks and Rec offers summer fun for adults. Golf lessons for novices to those seeking to improve the swing will make plenty of people happy. Artists or wannabe artists might enjoy a drawing or mixed media class. How about making your own fun? The pavilions at Dickinson and Treadwell Parks and at Eichler’s Cove are available for rental. Check it all out at www.newtown-ct.gov, and find the summer programs for Parks and Rec under the Towns Department tab.

If browsing about and looking at lovely things is more up your alley, stop in to the C.H. Booth Library, where Fairfield County Polymer Clay Artists have a display of incredible items crafted from polymer clay. The case near the Children’s Department is where you’ll find this exhibit, sponsored by the Newtown Cultural Arts Commission. The exhibit will be on view during regular library hours, through the end of July — and remember, the library is closed on Sundays during the summer.

London resident and Newtown native David Egee recently documented his long life of adventures in his memoir, Wake Up Running. With that book published early this year, he had time to take up another interest, which is driving this 1929 Model A Ford roadster (with rumble seat) on a visit home. Mr Egee had been in touch with long-time family friend and resident Bart Smith, who located and kept the car for Mr Egee until he arrived. Mr Egee and his wife, Dale, standing beside him in this picture, and Newtown Bee publisher R. Scudder Smith all attended grade school together. One photo in Mr Egee’s memoir shows the three in a group of young students. The Egees are visiting and renting a house in Southbury for the summer until they return to London.

Only the fact that they are so darned cute,  I think, has kept my feline friend, Mimi, from being really mad to see two sweet little fawns and their mother snacking on all of the flowers in her backyard one day this week. Mimi jumped out of her window perch and took a quick trip out onto the deck to discourage them, she tells me, and it may be they are now sharing the nearby pasture with some of the Ferris Farm cows.

If it’s about a bee, I can’t resist mentioning it. This particular bee is about letters — among which will be the letter “b,” I imagine. The NewArts Spelling Bee takes place this Saturday, at 7 pm, at the high school. It’s the perfect night out to cheer for your favorite local spelling team, and the $15 entry fee serves as a fundraiser for NewArts Newtown Musicals. Visit www.newartsct.com for D-E-T-A-I-L-S: details, the little things you need to know. Score one for this cat.

It may take some doing to nudge me from a nap during this summery spell of tropical weather, but I’ll be sure to have plenty of W-O-R-D-S ( I can’t stop!) for you next week, if you’ll… Read me again.