''Write Letters to Laura Bush''

"A press conference was just held. Cindy Sheehan was not present, but speaking were Mimi Evans and Medea Benjamin of CodePink and DeDe Miller, Sheehan's sister.

They are calling on a campaign of mothers everywhere to write to Laura Bush and encourage her to influence her husband to end the war. They really aren't anxious for the Bush daughters to go to war. They don't want anyone to go to war, they said.

The march to deliver letters to Laura Bush has begun. The walk is about 1.7 miles in the "hot Texas sun." Marchers are utilizing the road because the ditch was full of media trucks.

I am in front of the marchers taking photographs and notes. The marchers are singing old favorites like "Ain't Gonna Study War No More," and are chanting "Give peace a chance."

Now they are singing "Down By The Riverside," but have altered the words, like this: "Gonna Give These Letters to Laura Bush, Down By The Riverside."

The marchers are carrying a big letter in front of the group that reads:

"Dear Mrs. Bush, we as women of America appeal to you to udnerstand the urgency of our plea.

"We cannot abide the continued loss of precious lives on both sides in Iraq.

"Our plea is simple. Please, read our letters and ask your husband to meet with Cindy Sheehan who represents so many military wives and mothers."-from The Lone Iconclast's ongoing coverage with photos on Thursday of the events in Crawford. Also, Emily Sharpe posts this photo and report on Crawford Update , via MeetWithCindy.org: "We definitely deserve some foot massages tonight! This afternoon, over 100 of us marched three miles from Camp Casey to the gate of President Bush's ranch in 90 degree heat, all to deliver hundreds of letters written by women to Laura Bush. Our marching group ranged from infants to octogenarians, and was led by some really gutsy moms." The Huffington Post also has this report: "It's Mother's Day at Camp Casey. Surrounded by about 30 mothers, Cindy had been reading their letters to Laura Bush. Tears were streaming down her face. At that moment, a call came in from the hospital that Cindy's mother had just had a stroke.

She immediately left the camp and has flown off to be with her mother, who is in intensive care. The other mothers continued to share their letters and marched the hour from camp down to the entrance to Bush's ranch to deliver the letters.

Before she left, Cindy asked that everyone continue to keep the pressure on Bush to talk to the mothers and answer their questions."