Inaguration Day FOOFY!

Well, I stayed home 'cause we weren't watching it at school... So we watched it on the stewart family jumbo-tron! (A laptop connected to another moniter....) Also, you can go to my spoof newspaper from school! At www.moutvic-times-forrest-stewart.blogspot.com! Check it out!

A few thoughts on the Inauguration

Hey, everybody! Luke's descriptions and photos from Inauguration Day were great! Thank you so much, Luke. How long were you able to be at the Civic Center? I loved the kid writing on paper. Reminded me of you three boys' grade-school handwriting. That was probably HIS mom who was doing the weeping.

You bet I did cry a few times during the viewing of the whole event on a large screen at Daddio's preaching conference at Canon Beach in a room full of supporters. I was overcome a few times. How about you all? Did you have a tear or two?

I watched the rest of the day off and on on my computer. We did not have tv's in our retreat center rooms or even in a common room. Just that one big one for use for about two hours during the actual ceremony.

Dad and I had a glorious time walking along the beach several times a day--sometimes at night. The stars were outstanding! We think that would be a fabulous place for a Stewart get-together, or just individually whenever you each could join us there. Love, Mom/Gret/MaMa

What were you up to Tuesday morning?

Neighborhood bars all over town opened up early this morning to provide places for people to gather and watch, but I walked down Leavenworth Street to the Civic Center/City Hall. They had a jumbo TV thing set up, hoping that it might draw a crowd.

On the way down there, we spotted this home-made, low-tech booth which was put together by a group organizing a pro-peace letter writing campaign to Obama. It provided some fun and public catharsis early in the morning. People giddy with excitement on their way to City Hall were able to let off a little steam. Here, a Philipina grandmother who's not-gonna-take-it-anymore lets loose. :)


SF's Civic Center was packed with people on their way to work, and people were in genuinely ECSTATIC moods!








this kid in front of me was writing it all down for posterity. (click on any of these photos to see them bigger). awesome:



and mom, i almost felt like you were there beside me -- thanks to this helpful weeping stand-in to my left!



i hope all of you got a chance to participate in some way! miss you all!