The work here in Oregon is interesting and exciting - but the trip has been long, tiring, and logistically tricky - and it ain't over yet. Apart from my own firm conviction that Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton deserves my best effort to make sure she becomes the next President, what has made this trip possible is support and encouragement from many sources. A non-exhaustive list:

• a truly supportive husband who has never, not once, displayed sexism in all the years I have known him (and since we are both over a hundred years old that is a loooonnngg time!)
• the Marshans in so many ways
• Taylor Marsh herself, by leading by example
• many individuals in Portland who have provided great service or offered encouraging words
• my mother's felt presence in my life even after her death
• any number of Clinton campaign staff who have made sure that we volunteers stay organized and are used effectively
• one particular person who I think would prefer to remain anonymous but shares my love of ice cream
• and of course, the amazing calico catties!