Feb 5, 2009, FEBRUARY 2009

What happened? Already the first month of 2009 is history! But what a month it was. I went down to Washington for the Inuguration - it was certainly the place to be, such a thrill being with everyone so delighted and happy, all with a sense of something new, something different. It was almost as though the entire nation let out a deep sigh of relief when the helicopter transporting Bush lifted off the pad and whirled into the distance.