Two Beautiful Things
1. From Barack Obama’s Inaugural Address
[W]e reject as false the choice between our safety and our ideals. Our Founding Fathers, faced with perils we can scarcely imagine, drafted a charter to assure the rule of law and the rights of man, a charter expanded by the blood of generations. Those ideals still light the world, and we will not give them up for expedience’s sake. And so to all other peoples and governments who are watching today, from the grandest capitals to the small village where my father was born: Know that America is a friend of each nation and every man, woman and child who seeks a future of peace and dignity, and that we are ready to lead once more.
2. From Artyarn, Silk Rhapsody, in a color I can only describe as Quicksilver:
I’m fighting off a cold, so that’s as in-depth as my blog posting is going to get for today.
Sleep well, cats and kittens. Tomorrow is a brand new world.
