The News

Death toll in China reaches 15,000,
much higher losses expected.
My foster daughter, Mengqi, lives near there.
I worry whether she and her family are safe.
John Edwards endorses Senator Obama,
following overwhelming victory for Clinton
in West Virginia, the state where 20% of
white male voters would “have a problem”
with voting for a Black man.
I hear the gentle drum of raindrops on my helmet.
Myamar issues 150 visas to aid workers
following massive cyclone, killing tens
of thousands of people.
A break from the news to listen to the
wind and watch the red tailed hawks
soaring over the prairie dog colony.
President Bush hails Israel as America’s
closest friend, our partner in peace and
democracy, on the 50th birthday of
expelling 700,000 Palestinians from their homes.
Democrat Travis Childers steals Congressional seat
in Mississippi on platform of pro-life
and pro-guns.
It is quiet here at home.
No suffering.
Just lucky.