1. Thank the goddess! No rain on the horizon, at least for awhile. I scrambled out the door, hopped onto my trusty steed, Topper, and rode lickety split to my favorite cafe (a secret location) for a couple of homemade killer donut holes and a pumpkin spice donut. I ate both donut holes gleefully on the ride back to the apartment, sugar grains spilling all over the front of my clothes. I plated the donut on the festive 'Graceland' dish that my sister brought back from Memphis and dove into the sugar product the way, well, the King would have at it: face first. Mmmm. The server at the cafe said when she saw me approaching this morning, she nervously looked over her shoulder at the fry cook to make sure there was another batch of donuts behind the counter. Some people have neighborhood bars where everyone knows your name...I, on the other hand have...
2. Lara Logan. The CBS Chief Foreign Affairs and war correspondent. What happened to her was an outrage. This is not a Muslim or Middle Eastern problem; this is a gender issue which crosses all cultures, where violence and humiliation of women is learned and used to control and reinforce submission. Female journalists are always at risk in non-western countries, or even in male locker rooms. But they continue to strap on the gear because that's their job. Revolutions and war come and go. A correspondent on NPR talked about covering a protest over seas when she felt someone touching her inappropriately; when the correspondent turned around she discovered it was a 10 year old boy. When the 10 year old boys of the world are taught to respect women, not just their mothers or their sisters, then we can talk r-e-v-o-l-u-t-i-o-n.
3. February is a tough month. Rosie Kim Chang. Bett Garrison. Cliff Kirst. We bid you all adieu.
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