I think I'm beginning to see the glass as half full
- Ok, I'm about to write something that I hope doesn't come back to bite me in the hiney. I'm beginning to feel optimistic about the likelihood of the election of the first white/Afro-American President of the United States. And it's not based on the polls which as of today give Obama a 5 or 6 percent point lead.
- What it is based on is the huge numbers of early voters and newscasts photos of the voting lines filled with AfroAmericans. I just can't see that the excitement being generated in this election is being generated by John McCain/Sarah Palin fans. Huge crowds turn out for Obama's campaign stops; Republicans not so much for McCain. Plus Mojo has been stumpin' for Barack as witnessed by his favorite Democrat Donkey 08.
- When I spoke with my mom this a.m., she told me they had driven their absentee ballots to the voting office. She said she didn't want them to be lost in the mail. And voting absentee assures that you won't be standing in any long line to vote, which would be difficult for them.
- My niece Kim who is finishing her education degree is having her 3rd graders practice voting, make their own candidate posters and election buttons, etc.
- I can't wait to see if Ohio will finally turn blue (go Democratic). Only 5 more days. I think I'll miss the campaign. It's going to be much more difficult for Obama (knock wood) to turn this blooming recession around than to travel around the country speechifying. :-)
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Bill and I had a wonderful time with Dave and Erin at Erin's parents, Roger and Muriel Pfaff, in Marietta, GA. We drove down on Sunday and spent 2 nights at a Drury Inns & Suites, but ate all our meals (except the free breakfast at the motel) with the Pfaff's. Erin has one sister, Alison, and her boyfriend, Mike, were also in attendance. Mike is a med student at MCV, where Bill's brother Jim went (a few year's ago!).
We got hooked on dominoes, which we played when we weren't eating one of Murierl's wonderful meals. Of course, when we played we ate homemade cookies and candy, made by Erin and her mom. Dinner Sunday night was a wonderful chicken dish over pasta; Christmas Eve was 2 kinds of hearty homemade soups and homemade rolls; and Christmas dinner was prime rib. Wow! Were we impressed. Best thing to me: sticky pecan rolls at Christmas breakfast. Super yum.
On Christmas Eve we went to a candlelight service at 11:00 p.m. at the Pfaff's Lutheran church. It felt very similar to our Methodist candlelight service. I think the big Christmas present was something called a Wee, an interactive games thingy played on your TV. Like all playstation things, it's beyond me.
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Favorite Quotes
Art washes from the soul the dust of everyday life . . . PicassoBe who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind . . . . . . . Dr. SeussThe truth knocks on the door and you say, 'Go away, I'm looking for the truth,' and so it goes away . . . Robert M. Pirsig "Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance" The man who insists upon seeing with perfect clearness before he decides, never decides. Accept life, and you must accept regret . . . Henri-Fredric AmielWhat worries you, masters you . . . . Haddon W. RobinsonWhen we are young, the words are scattered all around us. As they are assembled by experience , so also are we, sentence by sentence, until the story takes shape . . . Louise Erdrich in The Plague of Doves
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