Granny D

Oh the summer doldrums have set in. Sometimes, when I lack motivation, I look to others for inspiration. Have you heard of Granny D?
I remember following her walk across America in support of campaign finance reform in the late 1990s. It took her a little over 14 months to make it coast to coast- talk about a dedicated walker. Anyone who literally walks across America can be an inspiration, the thing with Granny D is she did it when she was 89 years old, going on 90. She has been an activist most of her life- she and her husband helped stopped the use of the h-bomb in Alaska in the 1960s and in 2004 she was the Democratic candidate for one of New Hampshire’s U.S. senate seats. She received 34% of the votes even though she started her campaign just four months before the election (after the other democratic candidate pulled out). She is what this country is all about. Apparently, she is still alive and celebrated her 99th birthday this year. In 2007, HBO released a documentary about her called Run Granny Run. And she has written a couple of books. Check out this brief video about her, made by Northeastern University and released by the Boston Globe.