Selling a Butterfly

Somehow I feel that I'm not going to do my ultimate topic justice.

The radio is filled with the news, even early. There's a growing crescendo of activity, on this Inauguration Day.

It's a good day to be in America, one hopes. A good day to celebrate the end of an error, and what will, I have every hope, be the beginning of a period of repair, of reconciliation, and of putting things back in order, the way that they are meant to be.

Congratulations, President Obama, Vice-President Biden, to you and your families, and to us all. And the best of luck to you.

And I'll always remember where I was listening to this particular historic speech. Alone in a science store, having just finished selling a butterfly.