I have to be honest,  I hoped to raise more.  My goal beforehand was $2,ooo.   Don't know why I picked that figure, it just sounded like a nice, round number.   I still would love to achieve the original 2k goal so I am turning to you in the blogosphere to help me out.   You can still contribute and no amound is too modest.   In fact, on my blog, I raised $300 in three days for the cause, mostly in $5 and $10 donations which can quickly add up.    As an added inducement, for every $10 that we raise here in the blog-o-sphere, I'll donate an hour to the Sexton campaign.  So it's like your donation will be working double time!  If you think that sounds like a good investment, then click here, and make a small pledge. Can you tell that everything I learned about asking for money came from listening to NPR pledgedrives....(sigh) I never organized a fundraiser. Trying something like this was a great opportunity to cut my teeth and to get a feel for it.  Next time will be even better, no doubt.

But I am still a long way from entering the furdraising pantheon of my hero and muse, Pamela Harriman whose glamorous Georgetown parties kept the Democratic coffers full during the dark days of the Reagan administration.