"Dreams from my Father"

I finally got around to reading Barack Obama's first book. Wow. He's a really good writer. On top of it, he's got a great story to tell!

Different Country, Same Old Story

for girls...in the Washington Post today:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/12/28/AR2008122802005.html

Big Day

Today is both Jim's and Carey's birthday!

The National Gallery of Art

So...I took a couple of hours yesterday and went down to the National Gallery of Art to see the exhibit on Pompeii:

http://www.nga.gov/exhibitions/pompeiiinfo.shtm

New Painting "All That Jazz...Riffs"

Which way do you like it?

My Birthday Cake

Jim surprised me with this birthday cake at the end of the fundraiser holiday party at Bob and Judy Jackson's, and everyone who was still there sang Happy Birthday to me and Judy, who it turns out had a birthday on the 11th.