Observations from the White House

Washington DC Midnight and Cambridge, England 5am

My dear Friends

It was one of those rare and pleasant times when I spent the night at Benigna's, with whom I lived for 16 years. between and 2003. I did such a lot of stuff yesterday, that I fell onto the bed around 9.30 - I am still gaining energy after my breakdown.

Not having a telly at home, I was able to home into the White House, along with the rest of humanity. There's no doubt that Obana is good-looking. 'He doesn't look very black to me' said Benigna, in a completely non=racist remark, showing how observant she is (at nearly 91 she has a lot of wisdom)., and how the media are underplaying the fact that Obama is actually of mixed race.

Its not the colour I pick up on.Its the fact that, although in some way Obama is in line with his great ancestor Martin Luther King, he doens't quite have the grace and poetry of this great man. To me the key is poetry, I have a Dream etc, and even about Yitzchak Rabin there was a certain poetic strain. This is made poignant due to the fact that he moved from terrorist leader to peacemaker, before he was assassinated in 1995.

I would like to tell you more about this key event in Israel/Palestine as it has had such a bearing on wold events today, and I was in the country when he died.

So more later
Hope Obama and wife won't be too squeaky clean
Love and Shalom
Sister Gila
p.s. If you want a good night out in Cambridge, come and see and hear Suitcase Cabaret, performed by the band from Clare college and the actors from the ADC theatre. I am sittting with a few of the Clare students now. performed in a veriety of unusual venues, such as Jesus Chapel, Clare Cellars and the Jesus Shop.'

'Come and See'!!