The 3 words in the title of this post are in alphabetical order. At any given moment when I think about the reaction to Obama’s talk with school children, one of those feelings is paramount.The President of the United States give a speech at a public school on the traditional opening day of school. And …
In a hymn we sing at church at this time of year, “I am the light of the world,” the first stanza says:When the song of the angels is stilled,when the star in the sky is gone,when the kings and the shepherds have found their way home,the work of Christmas is begun.I thought of this …
Just a few years after I arrived in Canada, we had the tragedy of 9/11. The outpouring of love and support to Don and me was amazing – as US citizens, we were the symbol of the US through those trying days to Canadian friends and co-workers. Those warm feelings soon turned to curiosity and …
llot – President, Senate & House of Representatives). But outside both the Republicans & Democrats have tents set up (overhead only, to protect from the rain), where they’re trying to talk folks at the last minute into voting for their favored candidates. They’re also giving away power bars, donuts, coffee – the Republicans have better …
I’m writing this from Virginia. I worked from this identical spot on the loveseat in the living room overlooking the water nearly two years ago, when I was here with my Mom for her final journey. Now I’m here for a very different reason – campaigning for Obama.I arrived in Virginia late Thursday night from …
We have a couple of parrots, Sam & Wicket. Sam, our African Grey, we’ve had since he was a baby. We brought him home at 8 weeks, and from a 2 days after he was hatched, we visited him weekly before we came home. He’s been rather chatty since he was about a year old …
My heart went out to Obama this week, on his short visit with his grandmother in Hawaii. While I respect the privacy that the press seems to be giving him and his grandmother during the visit, it doesn’t sound promising for her longevity. I only pray that she will see November 4 – imagine the …
It’s been a good couple of weeks for the prospect of change in the United States. No, I don’t like what’s happening with the economy, but it’s unmistakenly helping Obama/Biden. McCain’s campaign seems to be imploding, assisted by his incompetent choice of the incompetent Palin. (It’s a sorry state of affairs when the pundits declare …
I’m a frequent visitor to Mudflats, a must-read blog for the latest on Palin. The blog owner has recently set up a forum, where “Mary from Tn”, a self-described white granny from the Smokey Mountains just posted this. I think it’s brilliant:I’m a little confused. Let me see if I have this straight . . .If you …
I mentioned in my last post that my next would be about Republican hypocrisy. The hypocrisy takes 2 forms: 1. the hypocrisy of McCain’s selection of a person who is simply unqualified for the office of president, and 2. the hypocrisy of many of Palin’s positions.But since I wrote those words, many have done a …