Peggy Noonan, a former speechwriter for Ronald Reagan (Challenger explosion, most memorable, “slipped the surly bonds of earth to touch the face of God”) writes for the Wall Street Journal and a week ago wrote about a type of depression and anxiety she senses in the country that doesn’t have an appropriate pharmaceutical as a […]
Barack Obama
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At what point do icicles become a public safety issue? These and other “deep thoughts” musings –Obama’a stark choice of the Valley Forge reference, the inaugural poet’s line “Take out your pencils. Begin” –have been filling my post inaugural days. But, today, I’ll just give you this view through my window at dawn. Somehow, just […]
A Walk Down Pennyslvania Avenue
I had no idea optimism was so exhausting! It’s only 6:30PM and I’m listing 40 degrees to Serta Pillow Top. There were, of course, so many images. I haven’t even looked at all that I clicked. And, words. His, of course. We are now officially in the hands of a wordsmith. But, the surprise? That […]
Denzel
Ok. I love him, alright. Wish he didn’t do “American Gangster”. I bet he doesn’t do anything like that again. ©Pat Coakley 2009 PHOTOGRAPHY CANNOT BE USED WITHOUT WRITTEN PERMISSION This is the 12th post in my series called “Driving to the Inaugural.” I am driving from my computer with the assistance of memory […]
Beyonce at Inaugural Concert
©Pat Coakley 2009 PHOTOGRAPHY CANNOT BE USED WITHOUT WRITTEN PERMISSION This is the 10th post in my series called “Driving to the Inaugural.” I am driving from my computer with the assistance of memory and past images and television and internet. Triple A doesn’t have road service for this journey even though I have […]