Tuesday, October 14, 2008
for the Obama Campaign. The Huffington Post put her in national print yesterday. I hope people will go to her creations because Dani and I really respect her work.
I also hope that you (yes YOU) are doing something to be involved in this election. Dani and I spent time listening to the fine folks of New Mexico this weekend. They were tired of the confusing negative ads. They were very concerned with the economy. I talked to people who leaned toward Obama and those who leaned toward McCain. Many people claimed to be undecided but I am happy to report that not one single person said that they did not plan to vote.
I am going to make a home made low-budget flyer and go door to door asking people to please vote no on proposition 8 in California. If you read this and know anyone in CA, please email and ask them to vote against the proposition. Please do not assume that someone else has made the request. Please do not assume that they already know about it. Many people are confused by the deceptive wording and mega- dollar "Yes" campaign being funded by the Mormon church, Focus on the Family and the Knights of Columbus. They think. "Sure I think the gays can get married if they want. Yes. I'll vote yes." Eeeeek!!
In other news, the Red Sox are getting trounced and I am in some sort of funk limbo (not because of the Sox - but not really helped by the game either.) I feel strangely lonely and ineffective. Home schooling is OK but it takes almost all of my energy and patience. I try to be the good wife and the good mother and I try to do good things in the world but I continue to believe that I am lazy, not good enough and somewhat of a failure.
It feels good to write this because even as I write it, I see how ridiculous it is from a logical standpoint. I do so much. Dani, her mother, and I finished hand embroidering 40 chalice patches for the the Unitarian Universalist "Coming of Age" Kick-Off where I will be a "wisdom circle leader" for a weekend teen retreat in a couple of days. My best friend, Jennifer, and her son Kn, joined Pk, Dani and I for the 10th anniversary of Matthew Shepard's death. The Laramie Project was powerful and poignant. Today I sent a care package off to my kid sister who is dealing with some health issues in the hospital. I spent several hours yesterday with my spunky mother in law, April, after my pre-op appointment in Oakland. What more can I do?
It feels good to write this because even as I write it, I see how ridiculous it is from a logical standpoint. I do so much. Dani, her mother, and I finished hand embroidering 40 chalice patches for the the Unitarian Universalist "Coming of Age" Kick-Off where I will be a "wisdom circle leader" for a weekend teen retreat in a couple of days. My best friend, Jennifer, and her son Kn, joined Pk, Dani and I for the 10th anniversary of Matthew Shepard's death. The Laramie Project was powerful and poignant. Today I sent a care package off to my kid sister who is dealing with some health issues in the hospital. I spent several hours yesterday with my spunky mother in law, April, after my pre-op appointment in Oakland. What more can I do?
"Quilt. Create. Get lost in art."
That is what comes to mind and I grieve that I cannot do it all.
That is what comes to mind and I grieve that I cannot do it all.
I need expansive time and no distractions if I can really get work done in the studio. I make the priority to put family and teens and church first but it only leaves little chunks of time left over. I filled those with blogging, baseball and baths today. It wasn't THAT satisfying. Alas. How do you get it all done?
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