December 29, 2008
“The riders in a race do not stop when they reach the goal. There is a little finishing canter before coming to a standstill. There is time to hear the kind voices of friends and say to oneself, ‘The work is done.’”
~~ Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. ~~
Octamom asked:
Is your tree still up? Or does it […]
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November 7, 2008
For the first time in my life, I am ashamed to be a Californian.
This was quite a week. I was traveling on business, so on the evening of Tuesday, November 4, I watched the election returns alone in my hotel room. When, just after 8:00 p.m., NBC News declared Senator Barack Obama the President-Elect, I […]
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