Tuesday, November 4, 2008

Summon a congress of angels dressed in riot gear

"Knit on with confidence and hope, through all crises." - Elizabeth Zimmermann

Today is the day that I've been waiting for, that so many of us have been waiting for. Election day here in the States. A chance for a new start. A desperately-needed change in the direction of our country -- bettering its relations with the rest of the world and resolving the war in Iraq; tackling the strangling debt wrought by 8 years of W; improving our economic situation and implementing a more sensible tax structure; reducing our collective footprint on the earth and committing to substantive, comprehensive alternative energy plans; bettering public education; closing the gap toward equality for persons with disabilities and who are gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender. Wow. All priorities. So much to do. But so much for which to be hopeful.

I've been knitting on through all of the divisive campaigning. Today it ends and we choose the leadership to take us forward for the next four (eight?) years.

I've voted and now, I'm channeling EZ in anticipation of the returns this evening. How about you?



"Summon a congress of angels dressed in riot gear.
We've got a serious situation down here."
- Ani DiFranco

1 comment:

tiffelie said...

I'm so excited! I'm making election day creme brulee! :)