Whose Charlotte, you may ask? If you don’t know, you will know very soon. Charlotte is Chelsea Clinton’s new baby daughter, born this week. She is also of course the granddaughter of Hillary and Bill. When I first heard the news, I was very happy for them all, including the father Marc. But then I started worrying: will she be dressed in pink? Wear bows and sparkles, only be given dolls, tea sets, and toy kitchens? I imagine she will play with those things but also play with legos, trucks, climb trees and play sports, she will love to get dirty as much as she loves to paint her nails. Charlotte has a strong act to follow in her mother and her grandmother, but they are terrific role models. I wish her well.
Tag: Bill Clinton
Rhinebeck, cows, secret service, Chelsea Clinton and Bill
I live in Rhinebeck. It’s hard not to pay attention to all the hoopla over the wedding of Chelsea Clinton to be held here today. The town is bustling, full of camera crews, journalists, and visitors from who-knows-where. So far, the only celebrity spotted “hanging” in town is, of course, Bill Clinton, who graced the fans with his presence at a local bistro, Gigi Trattoria.
It is a town that is home to a variety of people–families who have lived here for generations, farmers, shopkeepers, teachers, artists, writers, cartoonists, weekenders from NYC and cows. Not to mention chickens, horses and goats. Thinking about all the secret service that are blanketing the area, I came up with the cartoon below. Then did another version with a different caption. The local paper, The Daily Freeman, has published the first version online.
And I wanted to try to do one that did not use the word “Rhinebeck”, and came up with this:
