Soooooooo nice to have my laptop home from the hospital! And to have time to blog, unfettered by the time constraints of using a public computer at the library.

Now if only I could think of something to blog about.

The man in the hat is the only man right now. Two of the women are knitting. Two others are setting up sewing machines -- I assume it's some kind of sewing group's meeting day. The rest are watching the TV, rapt.

"That's good," said one older man in jeans as he stood up and left.

Not sure what that was about, but he was among the people gathered in the meeting room of the Seabrook Library to watch the inauguration of Barack Obama on TV. One of seven, plus me.

I came here planning to use the library's wifi and stumbled upon this communal viewing. Good thing; CNN.com was sketchy.

The room is silent save for the TV sound and the soft click-clack of my fingers on the keyboard. I hope it's not too loud for the others; I sat in the back.

Interestingly, to me, everyone in this room is older -- all but one, a guy in jeans and sneakers with a hat pulled over his head, whom I can only see from the back -- seem to be older than me. Senior citizens. I suppose it's because most people are working, or watching with family.

more to come later ...