And now I'm back, from outer space...
I also have another blog with my future mate: A Fish Farm Wedding. It will live on past our May 23 wedding, a place for our friends and family (and anonymous voyeurs) to continue to follow our exploits.

Labels: School
Labels: Inspiration, School

Labels: Inspiration, Politics, School
There were some minor sewing machine entanglements, but these were greatly overshadowed by the great conversation, spiced popcorn, and hard cider. Yum.
Labels: Gatherings, Knitting
And this actually looks closer than it was. I may have been zoomed in - we really had to stretch to see the stage, which was so far away that when the crowd at the front cheered it sounded like they were on the other side of town. Seriously. Lots of people, and wonderfully diverse. I think that's what won me over, in the end, to vote for Obama: I have never seen such an alliance of races, classes, and (to a lesser extent) ages gathered for a common cause. It was exciting, and I let that excitement carry the vote. Perhaps against my more pragmatic side, perhaps against my more feminist side...I went with the race vote.
She was carted off, just like in the Superbowl (which I didn't watch, but from past experience I think someone is carted off on one of these exact same flatbed go-carts at least once per game; this is, not surprisingly, a large part of the excitement of the game). She was mostly revived by the time the cart arrived, which was good because Obama was about to take the stage and we all wanted to feel good and excited again.Labels: Gatherings, Politics


Labels: Family, Gatherings, Knitting