Politics:

Last night Erci and I went over to Virginia Assembly candidate Bruce Roemmelt's house to help with his campaign. Last night this meant stuffing envelopes, and sorting bulk mail. Reminded us of newsletter production back in our Society for Creative Anachronism days. The crew at Bruce and Beth and Sam's house are really nice; a good mix of concerned citizens (several who are veterans), irate voters, and people insitgating for change.

Last Saturday morning I walked around Sterling going door to door with Christian, Nicole, and Vince from the Bruce Roemmelt campaign trying to make people aware of their choices in November and get a feel for the issues that are important to voters in that area. I guess this is called 'canvassing', and it was my first experience with it. It was fun, and I got to meet a lot of people.