Wow!

Jose Lima, above, David Ortiz, below.

I just watched David Ortiz win another game with the swing of his bat. That was one of the most exciting games I've seen since the start of the post-season. It's up there with Jose Lima's performance in Game 3 of the NLDS.

Boston, for now, is electric. It wasn't a sweep. That's got to count for something. Can you imagine what it will be like when Kerry wins the Presidency? Be prepared to call in sick that Wednesday. I guess I can't--we'll be in Missouri on Election Day. In fact, I got my ballot in the mail the other day.

Which reminds me. I decided to make today a media-free day after I read the New York Times endorsement of John Kerry for President. It was the clearest, cleanest opinion article on this election that I've seen. Reading it made me think of reading something out of a history text book. It made me realize how important it is that as many people of both persuasions read it before election day. We owe it to ourselves, as Americans, to be well informed on both sides of issues before we vote. I think this is the best case I've seen so far for electing Kerry; now I would like to see why I should vote for Bush.

But the media free day stuff worked out okay, for the most part. Wendy got to see what I was talking about. It gives you a new perspective on the amount of media you let into your head. In the end, though, neither of us could hold out. I try to think of it as a media diet.

We made a fire. Suddenly it's gotten quite chilly. We were in the lower 70s just last week. Now it's down to 49 degrees and the snow level is down to 4000 feet. The trees have gotten beautiful shades or red and orange. Just the other day I drove past a bright red Japanese Maple and felt lucky to be living here at this time.

Wendy hated Pittsburgh. She says it's awfully glum there. She went to the nice places in town, too, and it only made her miss our island even more. She's sleeping out on the couch now. We didn't do too much today except laze around and read. The sun came out this afternoon and filled our living room with low-angle light--the kind that shows you how dusty your house really is. We managed to dust and vacuum the living room.

Sundays are great days to recharge your energy. I was planning to work today and Wendy said that I should take one full day off every week. I'm anxious to get back to work, I guess. I'm having fun and sometimes I want to pinch myself because I love working from home.