As Americans prepare to elect a new president, one result is very clear -- one of the two candidates is guaranteed to make history. 

If elected, Democrat Barack Obama would be the first African-American to be elected President Of The United States of America. And his opponent, Republican John 

McCain, would be the oldest person taking over the presidency for the first term if he is elected to office.

As campaigning heats up, one cannot escape witnessing the political contest play out on TVs, on the radio, online, in the mail and right in the streets.

I was walking the other day near Harvard University and saw Obama supporters seeking out potential voters, talking to them,  encouraging them to vote and asking for contact details to continue keeping in touch. There was no evidence of McCain supporters in the neighborhood, partly because he deployed fewer resources in Mass

achusetts because the state has a history of voting for Democratic presidential candidates.

Here are some of the photos I shot during my walkabout, including a mannequin  wearing a message promoting Obama.

It's been a while since last I updated this blog. 

There is a good reason for that. I have been working on a new web site that has now gone live.

You will find it at www.ngowi.com I intend to update the blog now and then, but since the web site requires a lot more work to update as compared to a simple blog, that may not happen as frequently as I would like. I am sure, however, that things will change in a short while and updates will again be a bit more frequent. 

In the meantime, please continue to visit both this blog and the web site.

Best regards.

R.