A beautiful view to end my work day. I took this on my way home -
Tuesday, January 18, 2011
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Wednesday, January 12, 2011
"Undimmed by Cynicism"
Tucson is on the other end of the state of Arizona, but the collective pain is palpable nonetheless. My heart goes out to all who are suffering from this tragedy.
An excerpt from President Obama's remarks at the Tucson memorial service tonight:
I believe we can be better. Those who died here, those who saved lives here – they help me believe. We may not be able to stop all evil in the world, but I know that how we treat one another is entirely up to us. I believe that for all our imperfections, we are full of decency and goodness, and that the forces that divide us are not as strong as those that unite us.
That’s what I believe, in part because that’s what a child like Christina Taylor Green believed. Imagine: here was a young girl who was just becoming aware of our democracy; just beginning to understand the obligations of citizenship; just starting to glimpse the fact that someday she too might play a part in shaping her nation’s future. She had been elected to her student council; she saw public service as something exciting, something hopeful. She was off to meet her congresswoman, someone she was sure was good and important and might be a role model. She saw all this through the eyes of a child, undimmed by the cynicism or vitriol that we adults all too often just take for granted.
I want us to live up to her expectations. I want our democracy to be as good as she imagined it. All of us – we should do everything we can to make sure this country lives up to our children’s expectations.
President Obama - January 12, 2011
An excerpt from President Obama's remarks at the Tucson memorial service tonight:
I believe we can be better. Those who died here, those who saved lives here – they help me believe. We may not be able to stop all evil in the world, but I know that how we treat one another is entirely up to us. I believe that for all our imperfections, we are full of decency and goodness, and that the forces that divide us are not as strong as those that unite us.
That’s what I believe, in part because that’s what a child like Christina Taylor Green believed. Imagine: here was a young girl who was just becoming aware of our democracy; just beginning to understand the obligations of citizenship; just starting to glimpse the fact that someday she too might play a part in shaping her nation’s future. She had been elected to her student council; she saw public service as something exciting, something hopeful. She was off to meet her congresswoman, someone she was sure was good and important and might be a role model. She saw all this through the eyes of a child, undimmed by the cynicism or vitriol that we adults all too often just take for granted.
I want us to live up to her expectations. I want our democracy to be as good as she imagined it. All of us – we should do everything we can to make sure this country lives up to our children’s expectations.
President Obama - January 12, 2011
Sunday, January 2, 2011
Views of Navajo Mountain
Took a New Years drive and although the sky was a bit cloudy, I got a variety of views Navajo Mt:
Out in the desert on the AZ-Utah border, with Navajo Mt in background:
Navajo Mt, Tower Butte and Lake Powell:
and a view of "this mesa" from the northwest looking back towards the southeast. Page sits on and around this mesa, Lake Powell is in the lower left corner:
Pictures taken with a Sony Cybershot.
Out in the desert on the AZ-Utah border, with Navajo Mt in background:
and a view of "this mesa" from the northwest looking back towards the southeast. Page sits on and around this mesa, Lake Powell is in the lower left corner:
Pictures taken with a Sony Cybershot.
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