This is an excellent blogpost by David J. Bauman. It’s titled “Richard Blanco to Read at Obama’s Second Inauguration.” Read it!
Blessings to all, Andy
Poet Richard Blanco has been selected to read at President Obama’s inauguration on Monday, January 21st, one day after the official swearing in. From the interview on NPR:
“My mother … was seven months pregnant with me when she left Cuba, and at that time, in 1968, since there were no diplomatic relations, everybody had to go through what they called a third country, so we ended up in Spain. Forty-five days later I was born, and a few weeks after that, we got in a plane and immigrated once more to New York City. So by the time I was about 2 or 3 months old, I had figuratively and literally been in three countries, and could probably have claimed citizenship in any one of the three at that moment. And then eventually when I was about 3 or 4 we settled down in Miami. And it’s kind of…
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Andrew Shattuck McBride, Writer's Blog 
Thank you, Andrew! I am honored. And I appreciate your enthusiasm for passing this along.
David, you are most welcome. I appreciate your very positive and interesting blog.
This “reblog” option is most excellent, too!
I just sent you an email, also. It’s about “introducing” you, your blog, and your work on my blog as part of “The Next Big Thing.” Will you read my email for more details? Thank you for your consideration.
Blessings to you and yours, Andy
I am again, honored, Andy. Thank you! I’ll get back to you on the details as quickly as I can.
David, it’d be most excellent to feature you here on my blog.
Sincerely, and best wishes, Andy