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Oh, my gosh! What a breath of fresh air, listening to the acceptance speeches. It does give one hope.
3 years agoYour memory is much better than mine, I’m sure. The ones cemented in time for me are John Kennedy’s assassination (announced by John Rasmussen, our US History teacher in 11th grade); 9/11 (we were on bicycle tour, in Orvieto); and arguably the worst catastrophe in my lifetime - the day Trump won in 2016, when we were on tour in Silver City, New Mexico.
3 years agoToday really was a historic day, so it was appropriate for you to record where you were when the news came. Other such important days in our memory include the 1962 resolution of the Cuban missile crisis, the moon landing, and of course the various high profile assassinations. Hey, why are these all American? Oh wait, I was at McGill when Pierre Trudeau declared the War Measures Act, and there were snipers atop the Stephen Leacock building. But anyway, yes, today was a big one!
3 years agoIf you were wondering about the warm winds coming out of the north it is just a collective sigh of relief from your northern neighbours . You weren’t the only ones with disruptive sleep patterns in recent days. Congratulations! We were so impressed with the Biden / Harris speeches tonight. Now that’s presidential! What a welcome change.
3 years agoEnjoy your new-found freedom! I’ve been following you all down there, wondering when you could venture out again. One of these days we’ll be able to come down that way again, but it’s going to be awhile. Maybe with the one virus out of our systems now, the other will move on a little quicker.
3 years agoWell congratulations to all you Biden supporters.
Meanwhile at 8AM here in Melbourne Australia there is not a cloud in the sky and we are anticipating an announcement today from our State Premier removing the 25 km radius home bubble and allowing Melbournians to visit the rest of the State which the tourism and
hospitality operators there are desperately awaiting as we have had no tourism,local or international since March.
Man, you blokes have a long road ahead of you to contain the China Virus.
Good Luck
Mike
Woo hoo! Fantastic news. Congratulations! What a relief
3 years agoWhat a great vision! Another reason to go back and keep my eyes peeled for something unusual.
3 years agoA great place to practice walking on stilts on a rainy day!
3 years agoYes, celebrations are in order. I imagine the sound of millions of corks popping around the globe. I like this expression, which I don’t remember hearing before. Now, if the child-man will just goeth quietly.
3 years agoCometh the hour cometh the man (and woman)
We had enough confidence to open a bottle of champagne
“In spite of everything, I still believe that people are really good at heart”. A. Frank, The Diary of a Young Girl.
4 years agoWe were the recipients of so many acts of kindness riding through Red Country.
Hopefully we will all* be able to get back to the basics of being decent human beings: be kind, be helpful, be grateful.
*OK. Maybe "all" is overly optimistic. But I like to believe that most people are inherently good.
Thanks for the supportive words, Steve. It’s pretty bleak down here right now alright, but I don’t know that I’d write off the whole country just yet. For myself I’m looking ahead to the day when we can start feeling comfortable cycling the parts of the country that we love the best, most of which are deep red. Our month in John Day this spring was revelatory. If you could look past all of the angry and belligerent signs and flags, I enjoyed nearly all of our personal encounters. We need to find a way to reengage with each other as people again..
4 years ago
What a great idea to remember that fine table at Caffe Umbria!
3 years agoAnd I love reading these messages of support from our neighbors to the north and Australia.
What was it like when you walked back to your Airbnb? We saw a lot of video footage of dancing in the streets.
We were at our apartment and enjoyed sharing celebratory texts and emails with friends and family. A couple of friends were celebrating decade birthdays .. there could not have been a greater gift than yesterday's news!!
Listening to the speeches was a full-body experience .. a load off the shoulders, an opening in the chest, smiles and tears of joy and hope. A feeling that even though the worst of the pandemic is yet to come, we will get through it!
Onward with our heads held high.