Tuesday, January 20, 2009

fierce urgency of now

watching the inauguration of our 44th president, barack obama, filled me with so much hope and joy and moved me to tears. i was in awe at the thousands of heads in the crowd lining streets and the mall, not to mention all the crowds that gathered in other parts of the country to watch our new leader on a jumbo screen in their town. 
i am looking forward to living the next four (or more) years under an administration i believe in and had a part in making!
was anyone else full on crying when yo yo ma and the other musicians performed that gorgeous piece of music? 
also, this is the inauguration-worthy breakfast i made this morning/afternoon: 
 

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

That breakfast looks good. What is it?

--Cousin Farah

marie antoinette said...

it's a soft-boiled egg (of course), potatoes that were left over from the evening before (i had baked them, then the next morning i chopped them up and fried them in a skillet), onion rye toast and fake bacon. morning star farms makes the fake bacon and it's AWESOME.

RRN said...

President Bush was greeted with two rows of people in folding chairs at his inauguration.