Image credit: Photo bysoundfromwayout on FlickrLicensed under Creative Commons "Have you," Mark asked me after the kids went to bed last night, "had strangers coming up to you and congratulating you today?" "Um, no," I said. But of course I didn't. I'm white. Mark is black. And it seems lots of white people, giddy with [...]
Posts under ‘2008 US Presidential Election’
Whew! It’s Over!
Image credit: Photo byAnthony Cain on FlickrLicensed under Creative Commons I'm glad the election here is over. I'm feeling a bit wiped out today. (Note to self: elections are exhausting, even when all you're doing is voting. This must be why the inauguration isn't until January; it makes for more effective government. If I were [...]
My Vote
Image credit: Photo bymacwagen on FlickrLicensed under Creative Commons It's the day of elections here in the U.S., and I'm ready to vote as soon as the kids get home from school. Mark thinks I'm crazy, but I'm taking the two of them with me to the polls. He shook his head this morning and [...]
Sarah Palin and the Myth of Special Needs Supermoms
This post is the seventh in a (slowly developing) series onhow I came to be where I am around the current election,and the third post about the candidates themselves. Sarah Palin and I have very different moral, political and spiritual beliefs. We have had very different experiences as women and mothers. I'm sure there are [...]
"I’ve Never Told Anyone this, but…"
Image credit: by Shubnam on Flickr Licensed under Creative Commons I have spent much of my life crafting a facade to hide the true (and vulnerable) me. I learned that if I showed weakness, even if the form of viewing or doing things differently, the world would pounce on me and rip my heart to [...]
And While We’re on the Subject of Politics (or Not)
It sometimes takes me a long time to get around to things. If you've been in touch with me by e-mail, you know how this works. Sometimes I write you right back. Sometimes, months after the fact, when you've forgotten you've ever written, I pop you a note back. And sometimes (although you don't see [...]
