November 7, 2006
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Election Day
Voted this morning. Dismayed once again to note the right-wing dominance in this region, and the number of candidates (and voters!) who are anti-choice and anti-gay. I forget this from time to time because the circles I travel in here are unusually liberal or open minded, including both locals and transplants. This keeps me hopeful that greater acceptance and tolerance might continue to spread.
While I was in town after voting I stopped by the wonderful used book store that opened in this little town last year. I’m glad I did, because I got the good news that two of my photographs on display there had sold! I’m very pleased too that the bookstore seems to be flourishing. I spent a good couple hours browsing and found some interesting books to add to my collection.
I heat my cabin with a woodstove, and this afternoon I spent collecting firewood from the woods nearby and carrying it back home a bit at a time. I am now sore and satisfied. There is something so primal to me about gathering firewood. I find it to be both meditative and soothing.
Comments (2)
I really, really like it that you have a woodstove!
My parents’ house has a woodstove, and has since I was a little girl. I used to spend hours next to it, watching the wood burn and the embers and flame. So soothing.
Yay for voting – I voted today also.
I use a pellet stove for my primary heat source in the winter. More eletronic stuff on it to break but it works well as I am gone a lot.
I am hoping Senator Allen get re-elected here in Virginia. He has done much for the “first responders” here. Much more than any other senator we have had. I did vote to allow gay marriage but it didn’t pass.