Boston skyline with Leader Bank Pavilion (aka Harborlights) on the far left
And…darkness
Completed in 2003, the Leonard P. Zakim Bunker Hill Memorial Bridge (on the right side of photo) was named to honor the late Lenny Zakim’s civil rights and race relations work in Boston.Back in the dock at Rowe’s Wharf, the huge flag seemed symbolic. It was the final night of the epic 2024 Democratic National Convention. Kamala Harris was accepting our party’s nomination later that night.
“And, so, on behalf of the people, on behalf of every American, regardless of party, race, gender or the language your grandmother speaks. On behalf of my mother, and everyone who has ever set out on their own unlikely journey. On behalf of Americans like the people I grew up with — people who work hard, chase their dreams and look out for one another. On behalf of everyone whose story could only be written in the greatest nation on Earth, I accept your nomination to be president of the United States of America.”
~Vice President Kamala D. Harris, Democratic National Convention, August 22, 2024
I’m not an authority on anything, but I have plenty of opinions.
In my opinion, President Biden should resign now and let VP Harris take over. His condition is not going to get better. It is old age and it never reverses. He should not have run for a second term, but he did, so now our only viable option is VP Harris. I’m optimistic that she will rise to the occasion and beat Trump, as she has shown tremendous leadership on the abortion issue of late.
Adam Sewer of The Atlantic said what I am thinking: Biden Must Resign.
I wish someone would play Biden the Hamilton soundtrack this weekend. The song “One Last Time” is so poignant. President Washington stepped down (at age 64) for the good of the country. I think President Biden (age 81!) should do the same, but what do I know?
President George Washington depicted at 64 years old at the end of his second term in office. (www.MountVernon.org)
One thing that makes me feel patriotic is beautiful, sweeping American vistas. I have been known to break out singing “America, the Beautiful” in public. I think it should be our national anthem. The words are better than the “Star Spangled Banner.” And most people can sing it. It’s not as hard.
O beautiful for spacious skies, For amber waves of grain, For purple mountains majesties Above the fruited plain! America! America! God shed His grace on thee, And crown thy good with brotherhood From sea to shining sea!
I’m also a big fan of “This Land is your Land.” I can – and will – join in singing harmony whenever I hear it.
This land is your land, and this land is my land From California to the New York island, From the redwood forest to the Gulf Stream waters; This land was made for you and me.
Here’s the Woody Guthrie original version from 1940.
Other countries have spectacular scenery too, but ours is so vast and varied—from sea to shining sea.
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Maui, Hawaii, 1993San Francisco Bay, California, 2012Palm Springs, California, 2010The incredibly blue Lake Tahoe, California, 2012Moonrise, Lake Tahoe, California, 2012Great Sand Dunes National Park, Colorado, 2009Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado, 2009The hallowed ground of Gettysburg National Park, Pennsylvania, 2017Taughannock Falls State Park, Trumansburg, New York, 2022Lake Cayuga, Ithaca, New York, 2021Saratoga Springs, New York, 2019The Green Mountains, Stowe, Vermont, 2014The White Mountains, Bartlett, New Hampshire, 2013The rocky coast of Maine, Kennebunkport, 2022Nantucket, Massachusetts, 2007Walden Pond, Concord, Massachusetts, 2023The beach border of Westport, Massachusetts and Little Compton, Rhode Island, 2006Newport Harbor, Rhode Island, 2023. This is the 1970 America’s Cup contender Heritage.Watch Hill, Westerly, Rhode Island, 2021The Outer Banks, North Carolina, 2003Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, 2009Delray Beach Florida, 2021Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, 2014The aquamarine Gulf of Mexico in Longboat Key, Florida, 2022
LAST ONE: the iconic Grand Canyon, Arizona, 2023. Pictures don’t really do it justice. There’s a quiet awe to the place that perhaps this video captures just a tiny bit.
If you made it to the end of this post, THANK YOU for looking at all my pics. I loved taking them.
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