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Good, Dr Heather, we’ve worried about your late nights. Take more days off, we do so rely on your knowledge and insights. May you have a sound full night’s sleep!

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I really can't take days off. It's like an athlete, you know? Easier to run than not.

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I do know, yes. Last 25 years in the Post Office walked 8 miles a day. Rarely took more than a week off at a time. Too hard to get back into shape otherwise. So, yes, I know. You know what you can endure, I’m sure. You’re an essential assist to maintaining our clarity and focus.

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Sounds a bit like internally driven, constructively channeled “OCD?“ As we all treasure your work (which you are volunteering as a good citizen and do not owe us!), we are also looking out for your sustainability and balance. To give yourself more periodic breaks, would it help on an evening to replace your Letter with a prompt question for us to research, answer, and respond back and forth?

This is a great group of thoughtful, respectful, articulate readers and writers. Your “Hamilton” post seemed like a spontaneous example in this direction. Readers’ answers that the ICE citizens training called to mind how Hitler engaged the support of Germans was another. The prompt topic might be more connected to current events than your occasional “Question #...” We don’t have your mastery of U.S. history, but collectively, we can shoulder a little of the work!

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