Image credit: Photo by 4NUM4N on Flickr Licensed under Creative Commons There are times when I am so proud to be an American, it literally brings tears to my eyes. Sometimes that even happens late at night during the commercial breaks when I'm watching reruns on some obscure local channel. Since the advent of the [...]
Posts under ‘Barack Obama’
Thanks, Random White Guy!
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 [...]
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 [...]
Election Eve
This is the tenth and final post in a series onhow I came to be where I am around the current election. Image credit: Photo of atotally kick ass pumpkin byladybugbkt on FlickrLicensed under Creative Commons This election season has been my perfect storm. I came in emotionally raw, haunted by the ghosts of the [...]
I Am Not Falling in Love with Barack Obama
This post is the eighth in a (slowly developing) series onhow I came to be where I am around the current election,and the fourth post about the candidates themselves. Image credit: Photo byJessica DeWinter on FlickrLicensed under Creative Commons A friend of Mark's and mine fell in love recently. You know that intoxicating feeling of [...]
"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 [...]
