Well, after years of not blogging, I find myself suddenly with something to say.

I've been an avid Obama volunteer since the very beginning of this revolutionary campaign. I've made phone calls, raised money, traveled to Texas, South Carolina, and Nevada, run Northern California's voter protection boiler-room out of my kitchen, and on and on. I was a pledged Obama delegate to the Convention in Denver, and I'm off to Chicago on October 10 and 11 for the National Women's Leadership conference, a gathering of women from all fifty states to discuss polity and the campaign. Barack and Michelle will both be at that conference, as will a whole variety of other experts in various fields. If you don't know what the Bush Doctrine is, say, and you want to know, it's a great opportunity. I'll be there (I'll be easy to find. Just look for the Shih Tzu in the pale pink lip gloss). Join me.

I'm also organizing a series of fundraisers in the Bay Area, including one hosted by Alice Waters in Berkeley, where I live. My friend Deborah Rappaport had a nifty idea. Why not organize a book basket to auction at our fundraiser? So, I sent a typo-and-profanity-laced email to a few friends asking for signed books. Well, the thing went completely viral. I have hundreds of books in my living room. We're so far beyond book baskets. I've got signed first editions from Stephen King, Amy Tan, Anne Tyler, Russel Banks, Judy Blume (a first of Wifey!!), Chris Bohjalian, Billy Collins, Jamie Lee Curtis,Liza Dalby, Karen Joy Fowler, Nora Ephron, Khaled Hosseini, Steve Martin, Greil Marcus, Jodi Picoult, and those are only the ones I can see at the top of the piles!!! This whole thing is mind-boggling.

Seems that there are lots of writers who, like me, think that a Palin/McCain presidency (and I use that order on purpose; who in their right mind thinks he's the driving force of that ticket?) would be a colossal nightmare for the entire world. You don't have to be in the intellectual elite to know what's coming if those jokers win the election.

By the way, check out my blogging from the Convention.

And check out Michael's and my Obama site.