Clouds and crowds this late October Friday. There was a steady hum of energy around the Presidential announcement of troop withdrawal from Iraq. Folks were dropping by to celebrate. Some among us had less enthusiasm than externally expected. My cynical side was muttering about mercenaries remaining and the horrors we are leaving in our wake. Still there was a dozen regulars and 3 who came to mark the day when the end was announced. Then, near the hour's end, five others who from the volume and tone of their holding forth had a grievance or several to vent upon any willing listeners.
In the passing traffic I noticed an unusually high percentage of jolly waves. Even the negative "commentary" was leavened - a sedan passed with two young women, the driver leaning hard and long on the horn with an emphatic finger thrust our way. Two cars back a woman honked with sprightly energy and waved with enough zest to drive away the prior hostility.
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