My new friends, McGriff and Maddux, and I get to look at this incredible view of Taos and Taos Mountain every day from their home south of Taos, up past the Stakeout Restaurant!

They are cuties, aren't they? And they sleep in till 6 a.m.!

We also get to see Tres Piedras (3 Peaks) Dos Piedras (2 Peaks) and the Rio Grande Gorge, too!

Oh, and did I mention that it's just us: McGriff, Maddux, mountain lions, coyotes and bears, OH MY!

America elects Barack Obama

I am so proud to be a citizen of this great country that just voted their hearts and elected Barack Obama to be our next leader.

No more fear and negativity and devisiveness. This experience has moved me to tears.

It really is about each of us now.....electing people who will represent our best interests as we move our country in a new direction --- the one promised to each of us ---- 'of the people, by the people and for the people'.

I also celebrate that this was my son Max's first vote! It was also his father's, too, as a new citizen of the United States of America.

I am in Taos, NM, watching history and feeling more overwhelmed and grateful and hopeful than I ever have relative to the man whom we've elected as our new leader.

Photo courtesy of Reuters.