Stuart had a face perfect for licking this evening. And as Nano amply demonstrated, little dogs never say die. Allow him to show you.
Climb on his shoulder:
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I was pretty damned impressed with Senator Obama’s speech last night. I will say that I noticed a smoothing, a streamlining, of his fierce and powerful voice and rhetoric, until we came to 35 minutes into the speech, and Obama said this:
The times are too serious, the stakes are too high for this same partisan playbook. So let us agree that patriotism has no party. I love this country, and so do you, and so does John McCain. The men and women who serve in our battlefields may be Democrats and Republicans and Independents, but they have fought together and bled together and some died together under the same proud flag. They have not served a Red America or a Blue America – they have served the United States of America.
So I’ve got news for you, John McCain. We all put our country first.
That moved me; the truth of it was strong in his voice and his delivery. I hope, more importantly, it moved people who weren’t already Democrats to their core.
I have to say, although I voted with clear eyes and a full heart (who’s in FNL withdrawal?) for Senator HRC and I truly stand by my vote, I’m really starting to feel the excitement coming from Denver and the DNC. I’m looking forward to being totally floored by the Junior Senator from Illinois – I’ve heard he’s got a knack for this whole speechifyin’ thing.
We’re back from England, spoiled for R&R and weary with jetlag, ruthlessly dunked back into our work routines (not sure what Millard does for a living but I’m guessing something in venture capitalism), and wishing we had another two weeks of vacation.
Actually, if we can bring Nano this time, go ahead and make it a month.
Originally uploaded by Kidsturk.
For two years, this has been my desktop image on my computer. Going home to Ventnor with Stuart is always a wonderful thing, but after a summer this hectic, the time to slow down and walk hand-in-hand down the seafront and relax with family and generally unplug and wind down, well, it’s a godsend.
Hope the next two weeks are as beautiful for you as they will doubtless be for us.
