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
Coping and Self-care
Coping with the politics
Dear President Trump, Yesterday I spent the morning at church working on an installation for Advent. There were just a few of us, so I asked the others how they are coping with all the difficult (for us) politics. One of the women became very animated and told us that in November 2016 she suddenly … Continue reading Coping with the politics
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
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
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
My good girl training hit me upside the head
Dear President Trump, The Universe is testing me, throwing me low, slow enormous balls and still, I'm missing them. Saturday night we took our best friend out for her birthday and after dinner we checked out the swanky Starbucks Reserve across the street. We weren't in it for the coffee but rather for the spectacle. … Continue reading My good girl training hit me upside the head
What are the cumulative effects?
Dear President Trump, Any day here I'll be able to step back and write you a succinct summary of my thoughts on the opportunities and motives I think enable men to continue treating women like second-class citizens and allow abusive, misogynistic behavior to continue to flourish and fester but today is not the day. I … Continue reading What are the cumulative effects?
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
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
It’s amazing what people will say on their way out
Dear President Trump, How has your weekend been? Seems like there was some pretty rough stuff going on between you and Senator Corker. It's kind of amazing what people are willing to come out with when they no longer need to curry favor and are free to call it as they see it. He was … Continue reading It’s amazing what people will say on their way out
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