Some Poetry

On the refrigerator

Happy Birthday to me!

Chris, Nick and Sarah took me to dinner in a great Boulder restaurant on Friday. The delicious piece of birthday cake was a nice surprise.

The Rocky Mountains at Boulder

I spent three days in Boulder enjoying the scenery and my family there.

What we need is a

of reason, good sense and understanding.

Snowflakes

In two days I'm going to Colorado where there is snow.

A beautiful world

The Web is wonderful

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Space image from Hubble telescope

Amazing photo

Icey rain and then snow this morning

Linn runs in all weather. He felt very exhilerated when he got back home. He is training for a 10K.

Snow in Eugene

Lovely large flakes floated down this morning.

No sense and no heart

"Commanders believe the new approach will make U.S. forces better positioned to combat sectarian violence, but they acknowledge the new approach is riskier and will likely mean more U.S. casualties in the short-run." It's a lame duck sending in sitting ducks. To save his ego he will let our young men and women be killed in a war that was based on deceit. For shame.

Amy Goodman

On our public access TV station the news program 'Democracy Now' covers some news the other stations don't touch. It is important to get balanced news and this program is valuable. Amy Goodman is not the typical newscaster. She is really smart.

What next?

President Bush has lost majority support on Iraq from residents of the reddest state in the nation.

Celeste and Peter

Two great friends.

He's not listening

What's to be done?

Oh Happy Day!

A woman is the speaker of the house for the first time! She raised 5 children of her own and at the opening of the 110th congress yesterday she surrounded herself with children. This is a good sign for our country. Women are needed to bring good balance to the workings of government in my humble opinion.

Mark your calendar

January 11 is the International Day to Shut Down Guantanamo. There will be protests all over the world, including England, Australia and Holland. In the US major protests will take place in Washington DC and New York City, plus dozens of cities throughout the country, including outside the US Southern Command in Miami.

The biggest may be this:

On January 9-13, a first-ever international delegation of former prisoners, families of current prisoners, US lawyers and human rights activists will travel to Guantanamo, Cuba to hold a conference on prison abuses and march to the Cuban-side security gate of the US Naval Base to call for the closure of the illegal prison. The protest in Cuba is part of the January 11 International Day to Shut Down Guantanamo, the day that marks the 5-year anniversary of the first prisoners being sent to Guantanamo.

SUNRISE

On a new year

Can you find the heron?

May the New Year be a better one that finds our country able to shift from war to peace.

Breakfast with Poets, Artists and Writers

This was a stimulating, delicious event for us.