So, it is November.  I don’t really like November much, the leaves are starting to die and it isn’t December yet.  Plus, Thanksgiving (my favorite holiday) is so late this year it might as well be in December!  Maybe my November angst is because I don’t yet have an idea for my Christmas cards (though [...]

[Read more →]

“Voting under the hoop” in Red Hook, NY.  From the New York Times Polling Place photography project.

Election Day
J.D. McClatchy
The older couples had voted just after dawn,
And by noon the exit polls are underway.
Some talking head opines in San Jose.
My poster is mute and silent on the lawn.
“As the wind blows, so the flag will wave,”
Says [...]

[Read more →]

Today, I understand what it feels like to be truly proud of my country and my fellow country (wo)men.  I was up late last night, not sure if I should be dancing or crying.  My friends in DC walked to the White House, my friends in Seattle sang the national anthem in the streets with [...]

[Read more →]

My partner, Jon, spent the weekend making this game for Election Night.  I can take no credit, he’s the one who reads FiveThirtyEight religiously- I tend to catastrophize and convince myself that McCain will win so that when Obama does I can be elated and if he doesn’t I’ll be emotionally prepared for that.
I suspect [...]

[Read more →]