A quick Monday morning fundraising update: after Friday’s announcement of the Blue Light Special on copies of Dream of the White Village, the pace of contributions picked up substantially. For which I am extremely grateful. We should be crossing the halfway mark at some point today, leaving another $2500 to be raised in the next ten days, the cut-off point being lights out on my birthday on the 10th. Will say this: a good number of the contributions last week were from hard-core supporters who gave once or more already earlier in the campaign. And God love them.

But I do hope I can convince some of you out there who’ve yet to settle on a campaign to watch this cycle, yet to contribute to a campaign this cycle, that the Chittenden County Senate race is worth your attention. And that this campaign is already having an impact on issues you care about: Yankee, universal digital access, single-payer health care, sustainable energy.

Help us hit the $4800 mark by the time I turn 48?

The main campaign website is here, if you need to know more; the online fundraising link is here if you think you’ve made up your mind. Remember that the offer of a copy of Dream with your contribution is good through lights out tonight. And many, many thanks in advance if it turns out you can help.