23 March 08
Five-year Retrospective
Last week was the five-year anniversary of the start of the disaster in Iraq. We started Feathers of Hope shortly afterwards. The blogosphere was teeming with political commentary; we elected not to do much of that, but to focus on our little spot in this part of the Central Valley. It doesn’t mean we’re not political or don’t read (still) political blogs, but our choice (much like Beth’s, I think: Cassandra Pages turned five a couple of days ago) was not to write much about politics.
I still think that was the right decision. What can we add? The words still fly fast and furious and we’re still in the middle of the disaster in Iraq. We are hoping for a change this November. I think Obama’s speech on Tuesday is the most important I’ve heard in my lifetime (possibly with the exception of King’s, though I was nine and living in Madrid at the time). Whether he can prevail through the crud that will undoubtedly be hurled his way first by the Clinton campaign and then by the Republicans will remain to be seen.
There are California poppies in bloom outside. Today I saw the first Western Kingbird of the year. The Swainson’s hawks have been back a week and have sent most of the red-tails to the foothills already. I can still look and take delight in these things despite the stress/funk cycle that I’ve been mired in.
Thanks for sticking with us for all these years.
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Congrats on your 5th! So happy to have gotten to know you.
Happy blog birthday, and thank you for being so faithful to blogging over the past five years. And thank you, too, for helping re-define the genre: people are so used to “blog” being synonymous with “political rant,” it’s encouraging to see people doing something else with the genre. It’s good to remind oneself occasionally that voices aren’t only for arguing.
Congrats on your 5th blog anniversary from a new fan! Here’s to more of the same from you, but big (positive) changes in the political scene. I’m almost afraid to get too excited about Obama as the last election (my first as an American, and I hadn’t voted in Canada in years due to living here for nearly 2 decades) was so devastating.
five years? really? wow. the time does go.
Happy blog birthday, you two… thanks for the thoughtful prose on far-ranging topics.
:-) The best double-act on the net
Happy belated blogiversary! You must have started same time as Beth. Glad you’re still here, and hope you get back out to the East coast again before long!
Happy Blogiversery!