Awesome... Thank You...

[Photo by N.S.]

I want to thank everyone that made tonight's Inaugural Party at the Kingston Muddy Cup such a tremendous experience and success...

I want to thank MoveOn.org Civic Action and affiliated groups for providing the foundational basics for this party --- as well as DJ Z-Trip!

I want to thank the folks affiliated with the Kingston Muddy Cup for being such good hosts!

I want to thank all of those that attended, lent a hand and/or participated.

And I want to say (with more to come tomorrow..):

AWESOME!

Thank You All for This (In So Many Ways) Awesome Day!

NS

One Word Says It All...

[Inauguration Day 2009...; Photo by NS]

Inauguration Day 2009... Party Time... Obama... You Tube Video... Quotes

[Photo of a Painting Done by My Father; Photo by NS]

America IS Beautiful!

Today IS the day!

[Muddy Cup Inauguration Party Photo by BS]

A Few Quotes:

1. "A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step" (Chinese Proverb).

2. Brotherhood is the very price and condition of man's survival" (Carlos P. Romulo).

3. "... When we women offer our experience as truth, as human truth, all the maps change. There are new mountains" (Ursula K. LeGuin).

4. "Noble souls, through dust and heat, rise from disaster and defeat the stronger" (Henry Wadsworth Longfellow).

5. "The fact that we are human beings is infinitely more important than all the peculiarities that distinguish human beings from one another" (Simone de Beauvoir).

["Obama Swears..."; as submitted to You Tube by DorisSjogrenRowe on 1/17/09]

Don't forget to celebrate yourself, as well!

Peace, Love and Humane Justice,

NS

Hope... Inauguration Party Update... Tomorrow is the BIG day...

["One Word Says It All..."; Photo by NS]

["Grassroots Obama Inauguration Party Poster"; Poster by NS]

I haven't had time to personally contact everyone I would have liked to about this party, so I hope folks have seen the advertisements in the local papers and/or around town!

I have never done anything of this magnitude before, so please bear with me...

I am having (in between gulps) a wonderful (in many ways) time!

I received some emails and phone calls asking about whether folks could bring their instruments to the open mike; and unfortunately I have to discourage this, because
(1) this is a combination of special-event music, speakers, open mike poetry and karaoke, and there simply isn't enough time to add open mike musicians to the mix; and (2) I am not prepared, and do not believe that I have the type of equipment, to handle musician transitions (sorry folks) smoothly.

I also received emails and phone calls about whether there would be on-site television coverage of the event, to which I must answer ('tis a different type of event than a lot of other folks are hosting) "sorry, no."

I will bring my laptop, and hopefully some other folks will have laptops, as well; so that those who want to tune into some of the evening events will be able to do so. However, it is going to be - at least some of the time - a little loud and silly and happy... so you might want to record the evening's events at home...

All of that said, thank you to the Kingston Muddy Cup for serving as a venue for the party; thank you to all of those that have signed up (either via Move-On.org Civic Action, or via personal contact) for the party; thank you, again, to the community activists (official and unofficial) that have agreed to say a few words at the party; and thank you to MoveOn.org Civic Action and all of the other groups and individuals that have worked to make this day - and this party - [there are parties all across the city, county, state and country] - possible!

Peace, Love and Humane Justice,

NS

Martin Luther King Day... A Note On Service... Kingston Muddy Cup Inaugural Party Update

["Party Like It's Barack Obama's Inauguration"; Photo by NS]

Today is Martin Luther King Day, so I searched for a video (see below) on the topic that touched my heart, and I hope might touch yours...

Plus, I wanted to put out my own note on ways to do service that don't appear to be covered much elsewhere...

1. Get involved in local politics; attend open meetings; listen, learn and voice your views... YOU matter!

2. Try out blogging... It is fun. You learn a great deal. And it inspires one to keep up on both local news and national events.

3. Lend a hand at the Inaugural parties that are happening tomorrow! A LOT has gone into the planning of these events, whether they are relatively small - or being held in bigger, more formal facilities...

4. Learn what your local human service organizations are, so that you are able to point folks in need (there are many) in appropriate directions.

5. Remember to take care of YOU and prioritize... for amongst all of this... one must always try to keep one's own house in order!

In closing, please remember the Inaugural Party at the Kingston Muddy Cup tomorrow night - and that families (including children) are welcome to attend AND participate in the festivities!

Have a Great Day!

NS

"Force MD- I Have A Dream Speech (Mixed with Tender Love)" You Tube

["Force MD- I Have A Dream Speech(Mixed with Tender Love)"; as submitted to You Tube by kidvictorious94 on 1/17/09]

"Inauguration Viewers Guide" CBS... You Tube

["Inauguration Viewers Guide"; submitted to You Tube by CBS on 1/18/09]

"Bruce Springsteen Performs at Opening Inaugural Celebration" You Tube... "Put a Little Love in Your Heart" You Tube

["Bruce Springsteen Performs at Opening Inaugural Celebration"; as submitted to You Tuby by phatpat1523 on 1/18/09]

["Put a Little Love in Your Heart"; as submitted to You Tube by shirleymacd on 5/17/07]

A Few Notes Regarding Tues. Night's Inaugural Bash at the Kingston Muddy Cup...

[Photo by NS]

A Few Notes Regarding Tues. Night's Inaugural Bash at the Kingston Muddy Cup...

The list of committed inaugural party attendees has been growing, and includes some folks that I know and respect a great deal, as well as folks I'm looking forward to meeting!

At least two K.C. Aldermen (actually women) have agreed to come and say a few words, along with a number of other community activists...

I've learned how to "burn" a disk, and have a copy of the music mix that is being promoted for the event (nifty!) ready to go...

And I've prepared a Karaoke song-choice listing (customized for this event) that should be (if we have some courageous singing souls out there!) fun, fun, fun!

Some poets have been invited.

Others are welcome!

And my Karaoke and open mike equipment is more than sufficient for this type of party (the music won't be "too" loud...)!

This is (for me) still grassroots (growing as I go...) "stuff" - so go easy on me (lol!)...

Because I might even have a few (let's celebrate!) surprises (nothing to worry about...) in store!

There is still time to sign up (if you can)...

Show up (if you want to)...

And join the party!

[BTW... (no pressure intended!) --- if you are computer savvy, with laptop in tow, you could help out by showing other folks the multitude of happenings / videos / music mixes / etc. (re the Inauguration) that are available (folks could also access a lot of these at local libraries) online!

Have a good night!

NS

Good Morning... Notice... "Z-TRIP - Obama Mix (part 4 of 6)" You Tube Video....

[Photo by BF]

Good Morning!

I wanted to let folks know that I am in the process of developing a MySpace site, and that I might have accidentally mailed (lol) a MySpace invite to everyone on my mailing list [both personal and official; still under development...] - which "might" look pretty strange (lol) to some folks and/or (in particular) organizations.

Thus, if you got a personal invite to my MySpace (also still under development...) - and "want" to check it out, please do...

But, if you got an invite and thought to yourself, "this woman is crazy!" [a word I prefer is "eccentric" (lol)] - please know that I was working on this very late at night - that I'm on a rapid technological learning curve - and that I extend my sincere apologies!

That said...

This
is
a
countdown (Day 2)
staged
backwards...

["Z-TRIP - Obama Mix (part 4 of 6)"; Posted on You Tube on 10/08/09 by intrepidexplorer2008]

Awesome, isn't it?

And this is a sweet silly image to greet a new (hopefully good!) day...

["Sleeping Dragon"; Photo by NS]

Peace, Love and Humane Justice,

NS