Autumn 08 in NY

I can’t let this season pass without mentioning Election Day. Dave gets that day off and we vote at the library at the end of our street. What a great day it was. Leaves had been raked into piles all along Whitfield. Sam hopped from one pile to the other all the way home. Jen (the next door neighbor) and I raked 3 yards full for the kids. The girls next door wore their handmade McCain/Palin t-shirts. I almost said something but whatever I said would have come out of my insecurity—in this neighborhood it was hard to believe a black man could be president. But we’d all been to the booth and allowed our children to pull the levers in our respective direction. Sometimes, it’s better to do nothing more than await results together in a pile of leaves.