I have a President.

Some favorite images.

Pete Seeger leading us in "This Land is Your Land." Yes, I was singing along to the live feed on my computer. Wasn't he fabulous! 89 years old and thrilled to be where he was. And his grandson, Tao, sounded just like, well, Pete Seeger.

I admit that I don't really keep up much with current music and country was never my favorite (although I own a number of albums because I fell in love with a song here and there). But I became an instant fan of Garth Brooks, especially with his song, "We Shall Be Free."

This ain't comin from no prophet,
Just an ordinary man,
When I close my eyes I see,
The way this world shall be,
When we all walk hand in hand,

When the last child cries for a crust of bread,
When the last man dies for just words that he said,
When there's shelter over the poorest head,
We shall be free,

When the last thing we notice is the color of skin,
And the first thing we look for is the beauty within,
When the skies and the oceans are clean again,
Then we shall be free,

We shall be free,
We shall be free,
So stand straight,
Walk proud,
'Cause we shall be free,

When we're free to love anyone we choose,
When this worlds big enough for all different views,
When we're all free to worship from our own kind of pew,
Then we shall be free,

We shall be free,
We shall be free,
Have a little faith,
Hold out,
'Cause we shall be free,

And when money talks for the very last time,
And nobody walks a step behind,
When there's only one race and that's mankind,
Then we shall be free,

We shall be free,
Listen to what I'm saying to you,
We shall be free,
Cause every night and day I pray it's true,
Together,
Forever,
We shall be free,

We shall be free,
We shall be free,
Stand straight,
Have a little faith,
Walk proud,
Hold out,

We shall be free,
Listen to what I'm sayin' to you,
We shall be free,
Every night and day I pray it's true,
Together,
Forever,
We shall be free,

Turns out, it's a hard song to find. I'm really hoping they put out an album from this concert.


The Mounties saluting President Obama from the steps of the Canadian Embassy as his motorcade passed.

The President and First Lady (yes!) leaving their car to walk the parade route with big, happy smiles mirroring the big, happy smiles on the faces of the Americans along the route. I admit to being almost as happy to have the spectacular Michelle Obama in my life as Barack.

President Obama flashing the "hang loose" sign to the Punahou High School band as they marched past.

No explanation needed here.