Faith. Red, White and Beach.



Here is my patriotic daughter Faith, at the beach on July 4. Like all our family, she's a true patriot, 100% Yankee Doodle Apple Pie U.S.A.merican. She's rough, tough and hard to bluff. When discussing foreign policy with her, don't ever ask her, "But what would the Paraguayan ambassador think?" She'll squint her eyes and say with imperturbable, steely resolve in her voice, "Ha. I sneer at Paraguay."

She's shooting off illegal Indian fireworks on the beach tonight, and she's darn proud of it.

Cut her and she bleeds red, white and blue.

On second thought, don't cut her. I'd hate to see that. That would make me very angry.

You cut her and maybe I cut you, eh?

Cats are her favorite animal and orange is her favorite color.