Sunrise 7:21: Amen to a day of beginnings

The amens started last night when the Dawn Joggers went to an interfaith prayer service for [now] President Obama at Grace Cathedral. It concluded with the The Rt. Rev. Marc Andrus, Episcopal Bishop of California reading the Rt Rev. Gene Robinson's invocation prayer that began the inaugural concert on Sunday night (that HBO did not broadcast) and leading those assembled at Grace in a hearty, "Amen." The DJs stayed in the City and the female DJ admits to waking a number of times during the night hoping she'd see the pink of dawn, much as she did when she was a child waiting for Santa. Or maybe, just maybe she'd wake up - and horrors it would all be a dream - this amazing man (a human being not a messiah reminded Robinson) really wasn't about to become the 44th President of the United States, pledging that "together we will change American." Finally the dawn came - for the DJs, and with God's help, for America...

Sunrise 7:15: "You got the doll!"

The Dawn Joggers had been intrigued about the "Art for Obama" fundraiser being held at two homes in their neighborhood since receiving the invitation, so took advantage of the warm afternoon to combine it with a walk. It was a pleasant way to get in a little exercise while supporting the candidate. The fun surprise was that the female Dawn Jogger came away feeling like she'd won the lottery, been named prom queen, and appointed CEO in one fell swoop. The exclamation was nonstop from almost every man and woman who saw her with her prize - all uttered with enthusiasm mixed with a bit of envy, "You got the doll!" Of all the art on display for purchase - the entire proceeds going to the Obama Victory Fund - it was an incredible cloth rendering of the candidate himself by local artist Terry Tsu that captured her attention. Still counting on Nov. 4 (Grace's birthday!) being the most important day in American history in her lifetime...