Not So Lazy Sunday Afternoon

CNN on TV; Al Jazeera live-stream on the computer; Al Jazeera Live Blog; BBC video reports, multiple Twitter feeds; Reuters on-line, YouTube clips and Skype calls.

All is still well with our friends; my best friend even sustained a grenade thrown into her courtyard with no injuries to her family.

I'm now disassembling the IV line feeding the news directly into my bloodstream. Over and out.

August 22

Our friends are out on the streets celebrating - crying, laughing, cheering. Their neighborhoods have been liberated. It does seem like a definitive end is in sight...

It's a new beginning. There are questions about what tomorrow will be like, but for today there is relief and thanksgiving.

The End?

Things are heating up for our friends and we are concerned. We've still been able to contact friends by phone and are glad to have heard their voices today.

They are asking all of us to pray. And it's all we can do.