Pumice Stone
December 11, 2007 at 1:23 am (journal, my favorites, peace) (barack, freedom, politics)
“I know the difference between a book club and this seminal moment in our history.” — Oprah Winfrey

The first time I heard Barack Obama speak was the summer of 2004; we had the DNC playing on the big screen at work. I wept, sniffled and wept some more and as soon as his speech was over, I ran to the phone, called Andy and said without greeting, “That man is going to be our president someday.”
I exerted a lot of effort that summer. Raised money for the Kerry campaign, beaded & sold bracelets with slogans like “Kerry On”, studied Read the rest of this entry »


