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This was a primary election in an off-off year. There was nothing major at stake. We had maybe a 20% turnout of registered voters. What was interesting to me was the kind of people who showed up, the people who are most dedicated to participating in the election process. Most of the people who came…

Hee–couldn’t resist the alliteration. I want to write a bit about today’s primary, but I’m a little too tired at the moment and want to catch up on blog reading first. How many of you voted today? Please consider donating to my efforts in the Susan G. Komen 3-Day Walk for the Cure

I’m monitoring primaries today so won’t be checking in. If you have primaries or school board elections, go vote! Please consider donating to my efforts in the Susan G. Komen 3-Day Walk for the Cure

The second installment of the NYT series on class is out today and its focus is on class and health. Using three people from three different classes who all have heart attacks, they cover everything from hospital choices, doctor’s visits and diet and exercise options. I wrote about this issue myself a while back. The…

This is really cute. I think it’d be fun to play it on the first day of the blog class–and maybe again on the last day. Please consider donating to my efforts in the Susan G. Komen 3-Day Walk for the Cure

There were a few posts about class this week. Class is one of my favorite topics because it is so complicated. I haven’t yet read the NYTimes series on class referred to in several of the posts, but I did read David Brooks’ column about why the poor tend to vote Republican. Here is Brooks’…

Major accomplishments today. (I even washed and vacuumed the car! Not even on the list!) The day was absolutely gorgeous. I wore shorts for the first time–hooray! I had to resist buying lots more plants at the store since my mother’s coming next week. But they all looked so good. Of course, after reading an…

Because I find it useful to put up a public to-do list, here it is: For today:Clean up front porch areaGet recycling containersLaundryFind places to take books/toysTake books/toys to those placesFinish tweaking blog templateTrip to grocery storeBills For tomorrow (but maybe today):Get container plantsClean up deck areaDig out other third of garden area I’m actually…

There are still a few more tweaks to be made. Man, that blogroll is long! Please consider donating to my efforts in the Susan G. Komen 3-Day Walk for the Cure

Here’s a couple of pictures from the races. You can see the rest by clicking through to Flickr. I’m exhausted! Please consider donating to my efforts in the Susan G. Komen 3-Day Walk for the Cure