DC Assortment

DC experienced a record nineteen days of rain.  What a delight to feel the warm air and see blue sky and to watch Bennett Ziggle.  He took his new transportation device to the local park to test it out.

He and his friend had a contest to see who could get the most height from his birthday rockets.

Robert, a former student of Anna Lee’s, was in the area for an International Council on English Braille conference.  The three of us met for lunch at our new “to go” place, Olde Ebbitt Grille.

 We had a great time catching up and then walking along the DC streets.

The next morning we had breakfast with Senator Diane Feinstein, D-CA.

The breakfast was just rolls but we enjoyed talking with a couple of UC interns and a young woman and her grandmother from Elk Grove.  The Senator's talk was informative, not a stock talk, which surprised and pleased us.  She was subtly critical of Obama for not having more social contact with his opposition in order to make things happen.  She lamented Sen. McConnell’s blockage of hearings on Judge Garland Burrell for the Supreme Court.  She talked about the need for Dems to get along with Reps AND the Reps to get along with the Dems!  At the end of the talk we went from favorable support to strong support (okay Harold she still can’t do math) because of the work she is doing and her opinions (okay Eddi one of her interns wears a kippah).  This was our prize for being the last people to leave.