Although I'd wanted to get pre-printed cards explaining our opposition to many of the things the current government is doing, we didn't really encounter too much anti-Americanism on vacation. That's not to say many of our friends and relatives didn't have opinions. One friend, sadly, said he just doesn't want to go to the US right now, because of the political machinations. Others continue to go back and forth for work as usual.

"Who do you think is going to win your election?" was a favorite question, but we have no good joint answer (E. says GWB; I say it's too soon to tell). Repeated questioning tempted me to grab my head and moan "We don't knoooooow!" now and again. (It sounds like fun, doesn't it? Maybe I should get my own talk show.)

The papers, of course, had plenty to say. But here's my favorite political expression of the week. This was photographed just up the street from the well-named London Foot Hospital in Fitzroy Square.