Dear President Trump, I am not sure where I've been -- I just learned today about the Catheter Cowboy ads John Oliver is running on Fox & Friends for you. Apparently they started back in February so I've been missing out. I hope you’re learning something, anything, from them. I also saw your statement today … Continue reading Doubling down on harmonious balance
Spiritual Practices
Studying uncertainty
Dear President Trump, I'm not sure how long I’ll keep this up, but I asked myself (the Universe, God, etc.) again about what is keeping me from being consistently in harmonious balance, sensing it isn't enough to stop with yesterday’s idea that my well-being is independent of everything going on. I do think there is … Continue reading Studying uncertainty
Out of whack
Dear President Trump, Yesterday morning on my way to church a large black SUV with the license plate “6666” pulled into my lane directly in front of me. I thought the plate was odd so I filed it away to try and figure out later. When I looked it up online I found a numerology … Continue reading Out of whack
We already are crazy people
Dear President Trump, From the WP this evening: “North Korea is looming large,” (Senator) Graham said. “We’d look like crazy people to shut down the government in light of all of our problems.” Yep. He's got it almost right, but I don't think he goes far enough. We already are crazy people. The threat of … Continue reading We already are crazy people
Repairing rifts before they become chasms
Dear President Trump, We cancelled our subscription to the NYT yesterday. It feels kind of like the now common situations where well regarded, well loved celebrities' and politicians' past (and sometimes current) inappropriate sexual behavior comes to light and they resign, are fired, or operate under a cloud. The NYT wasn’t sexually inappropriate but they … Continue reading Repairing rifts before they become chasms
Is there a master plan?
Dear President Trump, I haven't watched any TV in probably 12 years but I think maybe I need to find a show or ten to binge watch so I have something to distract myself with and to limit the time I spend obsessively reading the news online since it is such a downer day in … Continue reading Is there a master plan?
Call us by our right names
(sent 11/14/17 due to power outage on the 13th) Dear President Trump, A couple of weeks ago our pastor's sermon focused on a young woman who came into her office off the street. She described how the woman was angry and prickly, how she seemed to want something she couldn't articulate. Our pastor asked her … Continue reading Call us by our right names
We get more of what we tolerate
Dear President Trump, This is super simple, simple enough for a second grader to grasp; 1) people (usually men) sometimes attack and hurt other people; 2) people (usually men) sometimes kill people; 3) people with access to guns are more likely to kill people when they attack them than if they used their fists or … Continue reading We get more of what we tolerate
Breathe in suffering, breathe out peace
Dear President Trump, Like most people, I well understand that good news doesn't sell and thus our news outlets focus almost exclusively on bad news, the badder the better. To most news organizations you probably seem sent from the profit heavens above. There's not a part of our collective existence you and your swampy appointees … Continue reading Breathe in suffering, breathe out peace
You are so very hard to keep wishing well
Dear President Trump, I'll get back to my rant tomorrow or the next day, but tonight I feel like talking with you about some features of your contact page and of my letters to you. You probably aren't familiar with your contact page since it would be strange for you to write to yourself, so … Continue reading You are so very hard to keep wishing well
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