Tuesday, September 18, 2007

Nora's first media interview


On Saturday late afternoon, Nora and Lisa went by Metro to downtown Washing DC to an anti-war march. Nora gave her first interview, with a woman reporter for ABC radio. Nora spoke into the reporter's mic: "I came here to tell the President -- because this is where he lives -- that he needs to stop the war so that the soldiers can come home to their families." I haven't been able to find out if the reporter used the quote. That was pretty much the message of our group, Military Families Speak Out (http://www.mfso.org/): end the Iraq war, bring the soldiers home, and take care of them when they get home.

At home that night, Nora found a purple sticky note pad and began “writing.” She produced an indecipherable scribble on each of about 20 pages of purple note paper. But, on one note she wrote quite legibly:


"ViO

Lin"

Running to her first violin lesson


After two years of observing other violin students in the studio outside of D.C., Nora (3 and 3/4 years old) started violin lessons this week! She is so excited! Mima will chronicle her lessons at http://clemantinesviolin.blogspot.com/, for anyone who wants to know the all the details.