Pen and Ink

Oval Office post mortem.

President Obama's Oval Office address on the BP oil spill is old news by now, but this posting has been stuck in my head. I need the space in my brain, so I'm letting it loose.

I was out at a meeting, so I didn't even get to see the address, but two things pre-and post-speech drove me crazy.

First there was the Republican "prebuttal" to the speech.  Man, I am so fuckin' tired of those assholes. What is it with these people?  Obama was elected, McCain wasn't.  Give the guy his due and let him do his job. But no, they can't. Obama's talking about the oil spill. I'm surprised the Republican's aren't denying that there even is such a thing.

Then during his speech, Obama made a call for attention to renewable energy sources, using the oil spill as a "See, I told you" moment.  Of course, he was criticized for using the tragedy to make a political statement.  Well, duh.  Any smart person would have done the same thing.  If we, as a country, turned our incredible intellectual resources toward developing and marketing affordable renewable energy sources, we would be ruining our planet, it's ecosystem, and the economies of the states affected.

At water's edge.

Yesterday Andy and I took the kids to the beach.  It was a rare appearance for me.  (The irony of living just a few mere miles from the ocean is that I rarely get there. The price to be paid for actually having a life.)

It was a hot June day, and the water had a warm embrace (they say this isn't necessarily a good thing for June -- warmer water can lead to hurricanes).  We were at the beach for two hours and I spent the entire time in the water.  

 

Water has always been able to cast a spell on me. The ocean, a lake, a pond (but not the pool).  I suspect maybe because it's like a mother's womb...warm, nurturing, protective.

Whatever it is, water just sends creative energy through my body, like waves of electricity.  Yesterday as I floated, I wrote three blog posts in my head (this one included). Ideas came to me for a big project I'm working on.  And I redesigned part of the gardens in my back yard.  All while I was in the water.

I wish there was a way to capture the feeling and carry it around with me all the time.