Dear President Trump, I bet Elton John isn't too happy with your "Rocket Man" tweet from this morning. What were you thinking? Were you thinking? Sure doesn't seem like a good idea for you to have access to your phone over night. You know how super responsible parents have all family members leave their devices … Continue reading Pernicious “othering”
Love and Compassion
A drop of water
Dear President Trump, It was a beautiful, clear, cool, quiet morning with a nice smattering of stars visible. I only felt scared once when my own shadow surprised me over my shoulder. Near the end of my run I said my usual lovingkindness prayer for myself, Laura, Iris, a runner I don't know, you, and … Continue reading A drop of water
“Irreplaceable works of art”
Dear President Trump, It doesn't happen all that often but over the last couple of years (yes, even before you were installed in office) I have periodically found myself pondering questions of my relative worth. Usually it is when I am doing some mundane task. I am not aware of feeling resentful of doing said … Continue reading “Irreplaceable works of art”
Empathy boost
Dear President Trump, Yesterday as I was crossing the parking lot at work to get to my building I found a small, folded piece of notebook paper with what looked like a letter written on it. I think rather than being a letter, it's actually the text of a short speech someone wrote for a … Continue reading Empathy boost
Extra special Sunday
Dear President Trump, I'm not sure I'm going to be able to cover all the good news that happened today at church in my allotted 2500 characters so there may be some spillover tomorrow. We'll see. Today was Homecoming Sunday. It's always a pretty big deal for us but this year our Pastor made it … Continue reading Extra special Sunday
American Studies
Dear President Trump, The air has finally cleared here and we have been getting little smatterings of rain. I know a few days of normal weather don't mean there's nothing to worry about but it is nice to have a respite from the heat and smoke. I'm especially aware of our relative good fortune here … Continue reading American Studies
It’s fun to see someone so happy
Dear President Trump, In keeping with my decision yesterday to focus on positive things for the time being in my letters to you, I want to make sure you know about Beyonce's decision to have transgender activist and actress, Laverne Cox, be the lead model for her new clothing line, Ivy Park. The best part … Continue reading It’s fun to see someone so happy
Reducing overdose deaths
Dear President Trump, I realize I've been very negative and likely coming across as quite whiny lately in my letters to you. Although I feel completely justified in calling out all the horrible things you've been doing, staying so focused on them is not good for me so I'm going to try (again) to write … Continue reading Reducing overdose deaths
Green cars
Dear President Trump, A couple of weeks ago I floated the idea of using something one encounters out in the world fairly frequently but not all the time, like green cars, to remind oneself to think about kindness or to wish others peace. I decided to take myself up on the idea and I've been … Continue reading Green cars
Starved for competent, caring leadership
Dear President Trump, On the way home this evening I heard an interview with the superintendent of Houston schools, Richard Carranza. He was discussing all the effort the school district is devoting to figuring out the extent of the damage to the schools and which contingency plan they will go with. He talked about the … Continue reading Starved for competent, caring leadership
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