Paris Bulletin: 11 pm
Oct. 27th, 2008 06:09 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
ellenkushneromfg - just did a one-hour radio broadcast with a guy who talks even faster than me. In French. I'm told I acquitted myself well, but it was a nerve picnic. Earlier today I did 2 interviews, one involving reading aloud from A la Pointe de l'Epee for several pages. Fortunately, Maud had coached me on my liaisons & the hard words. Radio & reading will be up on line later this week; I'll try and let you know.
As you may know, I don't wear buttons in the U.S. But as I was getting on the plane I realized I needed to sport an Obama button over here. Fortunately, Ruth Dreier in Amsterdam had one (with "Obama" spelled out in Hebrew - perfect!). Let me tell you, friends, if Europeans could vote (and believe me, they take a lively interest in the politics of the richest and most powerful nation on earth), it would be a landslide. We stopped at the late-night grocery on the way home. The French-African checkout girl was very enthusiastic. When someone across the aisle opined that Obama was not going to make it, she said emphatically, "The world will be a better place. You'll see. The bad traces [or maybe it's "trail" - did she say traces?] of Bush will be erased."
As you may know, I don't wear buttons in the U.S. But as I was getting on the plane I realized I needed to sport an Obama button over here. Fortunately, Ruth Dreier in Amsterdam had one (with "Obama" spelled out in Hebrew - perfect!). Let me tell you, friends, if Europeans could vote (and believe me, they take a lively interest in the politics of the richest and most powerful nation on earth), it would be a landslide. We stopped at the late-night grocery on the way home. The French-African checkout girl was very enthusiastic. When someone across the aisle opined that Obama was not going to make it, she said emphatically, "The world will be a better place. You'll see. The bad traces [or maybe it's "trail" - did she say traces?] of Bush will be erased."