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Across the Country (Again)

Published November 14th, 2008 in Personal, photography | No Comments »

Here’s some random ramblings about nothing in particular.

When the weather starts cooling off in Michigan, Mom starts thinking about going to the warm environs of her Winter home in Arizona. Normally she waits until after the Christmas Holidays, but this year she decides to travel early.

Here’s where I come in. She flies and I drive. As the designated driver, I drive her car from Grand Rapids, Michigan to Phoenix, Arizona to use for the months that she is there. I don’t mind, in fact I look forward to the 2000 mile trip. After delivering the car to Phoenix I’ll fly back to Grand Rapids.
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A New Start

Published November 4th, 2008 in Personal | No Comments »

Today is Election Day in the USA.

Already we’ve heard of the record turnouts with millions of first-time voters casting their ballot for new leadership. Hopefully we won’t encounter the disputed state contests again that we had in 2000 and 2004. This means that by late tonight or tomorrow morning we’ll know who will become our new President this coming January.

Regardless of who wins - be it Senator John McCain or Senator Barack Obama - I think it’s safe to say that the citizenry of the USA will feel that our nation is embarking on a new start.
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