Fruit Basket

Not long after the networks called Ohio, the Republican Headquarters up the street sent us a bunch of (appropriately red) apples. It was an odd gift, but we appreciated it.

Living the Hearsay

An older man stopped in front of the office and stared inside. Thinking he might want to volunteer, I went outside to greet him.

"I've been a conservative Democrat for sixty years," he said to me. Then he pointed at a sketch of Obama in the window and added, casually, "I wouldn't vote for that nigger if he was the last man on Earth."

Alpacas for Obama

Volunteers at the Obama campaign office in Asheboro, North Carolina.

Biscuitville

I've been told it's sort of like a bagel shop.

Juan y Danilo

I should have figured I would get stopped in a rural North Carolina parking lot by two well-groomed men from Colombia and Peru desperately seeking directions to a wedding.

I volunteered my iPhone.