Dear President Trump, Yesterday my church held a Good Friday service with seven women ministers preaching on Jesus’s last seven utterances. It was incredible. I wish you could have been there. I wish you would have wanted to be there. I wish you were someone who was willing to step into the mess of suffering … Continue reading It was weird
Month: March 2018
Shiny baubles
Dear President Trump, Did you just put Ronny’s name forward to head the VA to distract us (again)? All this business with the VA conveniently came down about the same time the media got a hold of information that your attorney was whispering visions of pardon sugar plums in Manafort and Flynn’s ears way back … Continue reading Shiny baubles
You poked the wrong bear this time
Dear President Trump, Even if I hadn’t been writing to you every day for 410 days, this would be a day I’d be writing to you to express my frustration, dismay, and concern over your decision to fire Secretary Shulkin and to install your White House doctor, Ronny Jackson, in his place as head of … Continue reading You poked the wrong bear this time
Taking (kind of ) a break from the mayhem
Dear President Trump, Sometimes I can be pretty darn naïve, if not downright dense. Yesterday I was talking with a colleague about a project she is starting that involves recruiting a very large cohort of LGBT people for a longitudinal study on mental health. She was telling me that the original recruitment plan involving Facebook … Continue reading Taking (kind of ) a break from the mayhem
Dreamcatchers
Dear President Trump, I have another story for you today; this one is from the Ojibwa tribe. The Ojibwa believe that Spider Woman is the mystical protector of their people. As the tribe grew and spread out over ever vaster territory (originally the upper Midwest and Southern Canada), Spider Woman needed to figure out how … Continue reading Dreamcatchers
“Stonecatchers”
Dear President Trump, I finished Just Mercy last night, the book by Bryan Stevenson I’ve told you about before, and was so moved by the final story he shared. He was finishing up at a courthouse in Louisiana after a marathon day when he saw an elderly black woman sitting on some stairs. She smiled … Continue reading “Stonecatchers”
At a loss
Dear President Trump, Today I saw a couple of in-the-back-window car stickers that are worth telling you about. The first one read “Keep Seattle Hostile.” I had to read it three times before I could accept that it really said that. The other one had a silhouette of President Obama to one side and words … Continue reading At a loss
They won’t take “no” for an answer
Dear President Trump, I called it, didn’t I? Golfing at Mar-a-lago trumped being in Washington today for the rally. And last time I checked, you hadn’t even made a statement of your own; there was just a say-nothing squeak from a functionary about how you are prioritizing the safety of our nation’s children. Your true … Continue reading They won’t take “no” for an answer
Bozo of a president
Dear President Trump, You’ve had a hell of a week! Was screwing with the country today about whether you’d sign the budget bill the cherry on top? I bet it was actually tough signing that thing with such a pittance for your precious wall (though that billion-dollar-plus pittance would sure build a lot of low … Continue reading Bozo of a president
Crowd sourced Tylenol
Dear President Trump, This morning I took the early Alaska flight out of Seattle to Reagan National and as I was going down the ramp to board the plane I started getting migraine lights in my right field of vision. Not good. Because she did an organizational overhaul of my travel backpack last night, I … Continue reading Crowd sourced Tylenol
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