For what it's worth. . .

Was thinking today, as I looked at my comments here, and those at Tanner's care page, about webs. What a huge web Tanner has had woven for him, encompassing nearly the whole world. My little corner of that covering from Los Angeles to Seattle to Chicago, Salt Lake City, Iowa, Nebraska, Kentucky, Ohio, Vermont, Manhattan, Brooklyn, Maryland, New Hampshire, Michigan, Massachusetts, and really Lord only knows where else. The courage of one little boy and his family has been writ large, and people all over the world have responded, creating a safety net of love and caring.

Twenty, even ten years ago, such a web would have been impossible. And now, it has become so easy. I have many thanks for so many that this is so. To Al Gore, who did in fact dream it was possible and helped to make it so. To my friend who *made* me take his old computer, and thus handed me a sky hook. To Howard Dean who created a whole and loving community, and had the vision to keep it going when the others in his position were shutting down their websites and blogs. To the dreamers who dreamed this could be, to the grandmothers who, trembling, hit their first key on their first computer, to those that wish to keep it free from the entrepreneurs, and to the entrepreneurs who pledge to keep it open and easy, and give of their time and creativity to make it so.