London

These pictures and report in part show scenes from my professional activity and responsibilities. But they also touch upon time in which I was able to enjoy the beauty of London

The first three pictures in this slide show are from an orientation session with religious leaders as we prepared for the Ceremony for merging sacred waters, a part of the festival on the following day.

The next picture is with Julius Alexy with whom I collaborate for youth education in Europe. After that comes a picture of a steeple shot out of a bus en route to the convention center.

Three pictures are of a swan in the rivulet that flows beside London's Excel Center. Two pictures are with Maya and her mom (with whom I had the pleasure to meet and stay with throughout the festival).

The four most important pictures are from the sacred waters ceremony, and the final 4 are the young people celebrating during the music at the GPF.



For any interested, here is a video of the entire sacred waters ceremony, narrated by Mr. David Hannah:

Obama victory in Times Square

I had a good night on election night.

Sat in over a bite to watch the early returns, while the race was still anyone's to win.

Got to Times Square in time to see California called and the 270 cracked. President elect Obama.

In the live video you'll hear two sets of screams. Fox called Cali first, but only some caught that. The larger ABC screen then called Cali a touch later and the louder roar happened.

People lingered, hugged and sang in Times Square until the wee hours.

These first images here are still slides:





These second images are the live video I caught as the 21 month campaign finally came to an end:

My Visit with Steve in Chicago

On the weekend of October 31, following our work at the AAR, I had the lovely opportunity to visit Steve at his home.

As you can see from the 1st picture, Steve does not live in a very nice home. Nevertheless, he does have a lovely wife, and a darling little dog.

I had a wonderful and most relaxing time during my short stay. On the way home from our early morning nature walk, we stopped at a Walmart. To me it was like Disneyland!

Here are some pictures of our visit together:

An afternoon in Santa Fe

I spent the weekend of October 25 in New Mexico to lecture the American Leadership Conference material to Ambassadors for Peace. On Sunday afternoon, Mark and Corey Boitano took us up for a delightful stroll in Santa Fe.

Here are a few pictures



And here is a video I took in a little square:

Visit to Bad Camberg

I am invited to teach at the 2008, Settlement Age Workshop that takes place in Bad Camberg, near Frankfurt, Germany.

I had been here long ago, and returning here now brought back a flood of memories. Here is a quick walk around, capturing a couple of images from my first impressions, and some pictures from my time lecturing there:

Marissa joins Service Task Force (STF)

On August 26, Marissa completed her 3 week training and orientation, and was assigned to her mission area for her year of service.

Marissa decided to take a year off from college, and spend the year involved in service projects both in the United States and internationally.

Our family came up to see her off and say good bye. It was a pretty tearful and emotional time.

Here are a couple of shots from her send off:

Global Peace Festival, August 9, 2008

My family and I attended the August 9, Global Peace Festival in Washington DC. I'm over-dressed because I was on the job working with part of the program on stage. Frone is off and about with friends somewhere. Missed a shot with him.

Here are a few shots of our brief time when most of us were all in one place: