Dear President Trump, When I got home tonight Laura said a woman from church called to ask for our address. She explained to Laura that she feels badly about how she treated me after the service yesterday and wants to send an apology. Isn't that a nice outcome? If you were reading my letters you'd … Continue reading Grace abounds
Positives
President Obama and the Dali Lama touched heads
Dear President Trump, It's been a strange day. Church was both lovely and hard. The lovely parts involved a strong sermon and a reminder of namaste, which you may recall is the belief that each of us contains a spark of the divine. The hard part was that just after talking with today's preacher about … Continue reading President Obama and the Dali Lama touched heads
A welcome end of shame
Dear President Trump, Yesterday I wrote about the argument Ruth Marcus developed on the end of shame among politicians. Today I want to venture there is another, very different and much more welcome, version of the end of shame getting traction as women and men come forward in droves about the sexual harassment and assault … Continue reading A welcome end of shame
Shameless
Dear President Trump, Since I'm sure you’ve been wondering (not), today's been a much better day and I'm back on a steady keel. It stopped raining long enough this afternoon that we got to take the dogs to the University's urban horticulture park on Lake Washington. On the way there we had an eagle escort … Continue reading Shameless
The light was beautiful
Dear President Trump, I took a couple of hours off from work this afternoon to make piecrusts and to have a more relaxed entry into the holiday tomorrow. On the drive home the light was beautiful. It had stopped raining but the sky was still dark, dark grey out to the East and the sun … Continue reading The light was beautiful
Your absolute right to move safely through the world
Dear President Trump, Today is our daughter's 18th birthday, her Golden Birthday since she is turning 18 on the 18th. The day has been full on and I'm exhausted and ready for bed so this will be short. I do, though, want to tell you a few things I learned from her today while we … Continue reading Your absolute right to move safely through the world
A nuclear crisis would give you cover
Dear President Trump, I'm sure you won't be surprised that I am among those who are certain you are either being played by Putin or that the two of you are cooperating to undermine democracy. The shell game your mouthpieces are running by insisting we all move on from the silly issue of Putin influencing … Continue reading A nuclear crisis would give you cover
Vital statistics
Dear President Trump, So, so much going on, it is incredibly hard to know where to shine the light. I think I'll start with a sweet thing. Two weeks ago my daughter lost her wallet when she was in Boston and today she got a little package in the mail from someone in Boston with … Continue reading Vital statistics
There is mostly goodness and love in the world
Dear President Trump, How has your Sunday been? Did you get in a round of golf? Two? I think the more golf you play, the better. I'm going to take a break from my ongoing feminist rant this afternoon. I'll get back to it tomorrow but having sent you two installments yesterday, I think it's … Continue reading There is mostly goodness and love in the world
Whales, porpoises, and seals in New York Harbor
Dear President Trump, If I were to step back and code my letters for positivity/negativity (hmm, only one of these words is recognized by your spell check; guess which one...) and intensity, say on a -10 to +10 scale, and recorded the codes on a calendar, I bet there would be a sort of back … Continue reading Whales, porpoises, and seals in New York Harbor
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