There’s a new sheriff in town. And his name is Barack Obama. Y’all be cool. Right on.
I think I can wring a few more posts out of this election (and transition?), and then what the hell am I going to blog about?!? ;-D
Hello! I'm Alice, which is my real name (most of the other names here have been changed, though, to protect the innocent). I live in an almost-100-year-old house in downtown Chattanooga, TN with my first husband, Ralph (who is from New Canaan, CT), and a cockapoo named Nonnie (the moniker comes from a Laurens van der Post book). Our daughter, Emmie, plays a supporting role on the blog -- she's off being a student, but she pops in often enough to keep things interesting.
I originally hale from Batavia, NY, a quiet little town in rural western New York. Ralph and I met while attending college in Carlisle, PA, and then moved on to Chapel Hill, NC together before finally settling in Tennessee. Other places we've lived in long enough to have a mailing address include London and San Francisco.
This blog is about a lot of things -- the places I visit, things I cook, people I meet, photos I take, things I read, and -- of course, politics. I'm an unrepentant progressive, liberal, lefty, euro-loving, educated elitist and I'm looking forward to an administration that doesn't raise my blood pressure quite as often as the outgoing one did...
November 6th, 2008 at 6:39 am
He’s a good looking guy…and this get up really shows it! Don’t worry, there will always be politics and news events to blog about. For starters: the transition appointments and the inauguration. BTW, have you seen this video clip:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/.....41653.html
November 6th, 2008 at 1:57 pm
You will be blogging about who Obama (oh, I’m such a sucker for a man in a cowboy hat!) picks to be in his cabinet, appoints as ambassadors, etc., and whatever the lame duck gets up to (he’s being very nice, I think).
November 6th, 2008 at 2:27 pm
PS: There are reports that you are not alone: From The Onion.
November 6th, 2008 at 2:33 pm
Did that linkage not work? Here it is in plain English: http://www.theonion.com/conten.....dded_video.
November 6th, 2008 at 4:38 pm
He definitely looks better in that hat than W. These are some of my favorite pictures of him from this election!! IT’S OUT TIME!
November 6th, 2008 at 4:39 pm
our time.
November 6th, 2008 at 5:00 pm
And I bet he isn’t afraid of horses like our current President. Thanks for your past blogging in getting us of like political mind through some very dark times. The battle is just beginning so I’m sure there will be plenty to blog about.
November 8th, 2008 at 6:08 pm
A little known fact — an amazing percentage of cowboys back in the latter 1800’s were black.
Do a little research, you will be surprised. I kid you not. “Unforgiven” by Eastwood gives some testimony to this.