This book tour has finally caught up with me and I’ve hit the wall. Must get a decent night’s sleep, so will leave it here and pick it up tomorrow. Lots of pieces moving on lots of chess boards, but I think—hope!— they can all wait a day. Buddy’s got more time to play with his camera since I'm away, and he’s doing it to some purpose.
Self care is not selfish ! Wear yourself sick, then you've nothing to give. Rest well... *While our heroine restores her batteries, if you've not read her, tonight might be a good opportunity to gain some brilliant and reliable legal thoughts from another female superhero, Joyce Vance, if you will. > https://joycevance.substack.com/p/a-bad-day-for-trump
Also, please listen to Biden's speech to hear his goals for American diplomacy in these times of crisis and his view of America's place in the world. The contrast between Biden's moral leadership and Trump's and Jordan's self-serving grasping for power is incredibly stark.
Georgia - The differences become clearer each day, don't they? The irony is the worse it gets, the easier it is to see. Of course, its not pleasant, but if that's what it takes ...
I had a similar thought - the attack was horrific. Full stop, as they say. At the same time, I think it opened a festering wound, including terrorist threats to Israel, AND the inhumanity of some of the treatment by Israel of Palestinian civilians in Gaza and the West Bank. I think President Biden's comments about how democratic nations honor the rule of law and the laws of war were not just about response to this attack. I was so proud to listen to my president last night!
Best president of my lifetime--which began during the first summer of the Eisenhower Administration. Right up there with Lincoln and FDR. I can feel the wind at my back--something I've never gotten from any previous president.
In 1975, after graduating from college, I rode my bicycle from Seattle to Boston, mostly in the US, but cutting up to Ontario at Sault St. Marie, and from there through Ontario to Montreal, and then back into the US. In Montana, there were both headwinds and tailwinds, and the latter were wonderful. Some of the best of them though were on my longest day, Arnprior, Ontario to Montreal, 150 miles. I didn't know if I would make it, but I so much wanted to, as friends were going to put me up for the night, towards the end of 45 days of mostly sleeping outside under the stars, although at Arnprior I spent the night in an empty Catholic church. I suspect I had at least 50 miles of average close to 25 mph, due to those tailwinds and my drive to make it to Montreal.
With Biden, it's like Arnprior to Montreal. It's really amazing. The drama of pulling NATO together behind Ukraine. And that of flying twice to Israel within 10 days, probably nearly 48 hours in the air, telling Netanyahoo that Israel needs to follow the rules of war, and bucking up the Israelis generally.
This is a real concern, the burnout (and health) issue. I've not read far down the comments this evening, so maybe others have already expressed this thought, and I realize it's highly presumptuous of me to even express it, but I'm going to do it anyway: Heather, you are far too valuable a voice to lose. You've started something big here with your Letters From An American. Have you considered adding staff and assuming an editorial role (with frequent personal contributions)? You must be awash in young, energetic talent given your "day job". Please don't let this thing consume you.
Last night I heard Rachel Maddow at a local university. Professor, rest easy. You have support here in Chicago from a huge crowd of MSNBC watchers. After talking directly to the students who were attending the Rachel Maddow “Prequel” event with free tickets about how to find good sources for news (the same instructions I learned about sources in graduate school long ago), Rachel ended by telling all of us to find what we could do before the next election to preserve our democracy, encouraging those who could to be poll workers. Passing that on because we’re all in the same boat(battle). If you can do nothing else, find your “postcard posse” (begun in 2018). There are lots of primaries before next November. All of us have a job to do.
I read Joyce every day that she posts also! It's so great to have Heather and Joyce to help clarify the madness. The comments on their subscriber pages are priceless too! Thank you to both (and Buddy) and to all of us. We are in this together!
Dan, thank you for the link to Joyce Vance. Heather, you and Simone Biles are very powerful voices in advocating for self care. Thank you for presenting such a good example.
Re "A bad day for trump", it got even worse today with Cheseboro choosing to plead out. So, no Georgia trials in October and no revelations about DA Willis's evidence to help tfg defense to fight his indictment. Won't it be hysterical if all but one of the 19 indicted decide to plead out. You know who the one who won't is.
What a beautiful photo. And I am listening to your book on my work commute. It is so good Heather. Thank you and Buddy for the excellent book and beautiful picture.
I am listening to your book, too. I just love the sound of you speaking those words. And Hawaii (where I call home) is a nice place to relax and recharge when you’re ready. Take care of yourself; it’s critical for America! Though I wish for them, very few book tour visits out here; thanks for the virtual opportunities!
I thank both you for your insights and Buddy for his sighting of beautiful photos. I hope you get good rest. I have finished your book and it is excellent. Thank you for that too. Hubby is reading it now and we will probably pass it to our neighbor to read. We last loaned him a book on Stalin, so your book will be welcome to him.
Looking forward to your commentary about President Biden's address to the nation tonight and the news that Sidney Powell will testify against Trump in exchange for pleading guilty to reduced charges and no prison time. In other words, she tucked the Kraken into bed for a long but fitful sleep.
When you book tour ends, please share with us your observations about meeting so many of your fans and the sentiments they expressed. Meanwhile, safe travels.
It seems very unbalanced for Ms Powell to get off so easily with a $2000 fine and 5 years probation when Michael Cohen had to serve 3 years in prison plus a fine in the many thousands for a much lesser crime.
Retired prosecutor here: Shirley, it’s too early in the process to find out what Powell gave up to get the deal she did. This is a card Ms Fani will hold closely, not just for tactical reasons, but also because ethical issues are implicated. I would expect Powell has offered a stake for Ms Fani to drive through the vampire’s heart.
True, if there were no bigger fish to fry, her punishment did not fit the crime, but "there are bigger fish to fry," and this is no time to take our eyes off the prize - the conviction and imprisonment of a traitor (delivering national security secrets to Putin) who tried to negate the votes of more than 81 million Americans and overturn a free and fair election, establishing himself as a dictator beyond the rule of law. I'm sure that Fani Willis is thinking - 'I've got to ensure that I get Trump's conviction." Powell was but a useful idiot in Trump's scheme.
I wonder if she can still get a stiff sentence from her as yet unindicted co-conspirator status from Jack Smith? I hope so. The country needs to see stiffer penalties for the 💩 she was responsible for!
I’m sure getting her memory to engage in truthful testimony in Georgia will matter greatly in bringing receipts for the crimes
It was also a different administration and AG who ensnared Cohen; hopefully they regret their actions now, as he has provided many “receipts” as to the corruption of all those people.
Isn't it sweet, knowing that they were the architects of their own destruction? “Oh, what a tangled web we weave when first we practice to deceive”. How sweet must be Cohen's revenge. He has almost singlehandedly destroyed Trump with his information and testimony.
Well stated: "collective spines fused to self-preservation." I also wondered how it could seem fair or just for Trump never to have been indicted, tried and convicted as was Cohen since Trump was the principal and Cohen merely the agent.
...in a previous CD, I think, someone explained the complicated process of RICO trials. You roll up each defendant from the outside in until you have everyone pointing at the one responsible. So, Powell is now rolled up, there will be others who get off "easy". However, it seems to be rolling in the right direction. Besides, Powell will never do "real" work again, and she will likely be disbarred (if she hasn't been already like Haircream guy). Her professional life is done. Lean back and relax with that.
I read that to mean that she is throwing all the others indicted in Georgia under the bus including death star. The first person to agree to this gets the best deal. If i were one of the others, I would be feeling very uncomfortable.
And now it looks like Cheseboro may flip too! Just this morning in Atlanta, he changed his plea to "Guilty", so yet another deal may come to light. If I were T***p, I'd be deciding what to take with him to live in a prison cell, maybe at Leavenworth?
She must keep her mouth shut and have no contact with other witnesses and can’t talk to the press etc or it can all be revoked. She must have a weapon though because when the prosecutor listing the do you understand items and came to the weapon part, she consulted with her lawyer and the judge intervened and said he didn’t think there was a reference to weapons for a misdemeanor. When they agreed to look into it, she agreed.
I agree. But right now it's the way the law works. It's not fair. The law needs to changed in that regard, imo. But, using it, they were able to offer Powell a sweet deal, something she couldn't resist, in order to hammer the real culprit.
Well, Sidney Powell is not completely off the hook for paying for her crimes. There remains her status as an unindicted co-conspirator plus she has been sued by two voting systems for her claims that the systems changed votes from tfg to Biden. Read that she is already in a deep financial hole from paying attorneys so far. Plus, Jack Smith could decide to indict her then convince her that she would be far better off to plead guilty and promise to testify against tfg and, perhaps, others on the unindicted list.
Fern, I hear you. But I also recommend this: turn off the TV and the radio if you're focused on watching all of this horror nonstop. Read something uplifting and calming. Watch something else. We must stand as witness, but our own health can't be sacrificed to all the forces turned against us. I have to filter the day's events through easily controlled media because, as I can do nothing, the futility of the triggering is counterproductive. Be kind to your neighbors. Hug your loved ones. A small act of generosity on a very local level has greater effect than yelling at the TV.
I spent the morning in my garden pruning my roses which is good therapy. My heart aches for what is happening in Gaza and what Hamas carried out in Israel.
Mike S, I looked for you as soon at I received your original message. I had these on my fingertip ❤️🍎(Big Apple) but no luck, until this time. Thank you, Mike S. Let us share a bunch of Bronx Cheers! It is time for us again!
While this is only a guess, “lots of pieces moving on lots of chess boards” feels to me like we’re approaching critical mass and can expect sudden changes. I don’t recall any other period in my lifetime that demanded our vigilance more than the present.
What magnificent serenity, as we take a brief respite with Heather from the anguish and agony in the Middle East and the speaker-less circus in the Republican House.
I won’t complain. It was an honor to finally meet you and hear your wise words in person. People I spoke with tonight all shared how knowledgeable and relatable you are and how nice it was to see so many like-minded Texans in the same building. Thank you for publishing every night for us. Even when you have long days and are tied, you post something for us, without fail.
You just don't need the odd day off. You also need a long weekend and two or three weeks holidays to rejuvenate your mind, body and soul.
Just because we subscribe to your letters and pay a few dollars for the privilege of receiving them doesn't mean we own you. In fact, I feel pretty confident in saying that the community of readers you have gathered around your letters share a very deep sense of care and affection for you and who you are - primarily a good and caring human being who seeks to promote the common good at home and abroad.
Consequently, we too care about you and your entire wellbeing. We want to see you take all the rest necessary to ensure you remain strong, alert and capable of applying your unique intelligence and talents to help us make sense of these challenging times.
So, here's my suggestion. In order to help you find the odd weekend and necessary longer breaks of a week or two or three, why don't you invite capable readers of your letters to offer reflections of up to 1000 words which you can share and which then provide you with the space to rest.
I enjoy reading the comments below and you have many very capable followers. We can, collectively, take up the slack so you get the rest necessary to ensure you continue to share with us the best of your extraordinary
We all want HCR to take care of herself. We definitely need this perspective. But there’s one difficulty with your suggestion, Don. Reading and editing all those opinions would require more time than writing the column does. When she writes a bit about taking a break and posts one of Buddy’s pictures, I read the comments more extensively than I do on the days her column is full blown.
It would be nice, Heather, that when you come back and say, "What'd I miss?" we could say, "The world has returned to sanity in your absence!" In the meantime, thank you, Buddy, for your sane/calming photo!
Since President Biden gave an historic Oval Office address tonight, I thought I’d offer people this link to the interview you did with him in the White House about one year ago. What a great conversation!
I’m happy you watched it. To me, it puts to rest any accusation that he cannot think clearly or (worse) is a puppet. Those false narratives will of course be pushed during the election. But we with this interview have the facts to counter these inevitable GOP lies.
Can’t understand why. I hit the wall just looking at your schedule plus your writing “letters” . The world will not end if you take a few days away from us. We would much rather you take care of yourself. Great picture.
Self care is not selfish ! Wear yourself sick, then you've nothing to give. Rest well... *While our heroine restores her batteries, if you've not read her, tonight might be a good opportunity to gain some brilliant and reliable legal thoughts from another female superhero, Joyce Vance, if you will. > https://joycevance.substack.com/p/a-bad-day-for-trump
Also, please listen to Biden's speech to hear his goals for American diplomacy in these times of crisis and his view of America's place in the world. The contrast between Biden's moral leadership and Trump's and Jordan's self-serving grasping for power is incredibly stark.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RcpzXWJYsxY
Georgia - The differences become clearer each day, don't they? The irony is the worse it gets, the easier it is to see. Of course, its not pleasant, but if that's what it takes ...
I had a similar thought - the attack was horrific. Full stop, as they say. At the same time, I think it opened a festering wound, including terrorist threats to Israel, AND the inhumanity of some of the treatment by Israel of Palestinian civilians in Gaza and the West Bank. I think President Biden's comments about how democratic nations honor the rule of law and the laws of war were not just about response to this attack. I was so proud to listen to my president last night!
Best president of my lifetime--which began during the first summer of the Eisenhower Administration. Right up there with Lincoln and FDR. I can feel the wind at my back--something I've never gotten from any previous president.
David, your words gave me shivers of joy as I imagined the wind at our backs.
In 1975, after graduating from college, I rode my bicycle from Seattle to Boston, mostly in the US, but cutting up to Ontario at Sault St. Marie, and from there through Ontario to Montreal, and then back into the US. In Montana, there were both headwinds and tailwinds, and the latter were wonderful. Some of the best of them though were on my longest day, Arnprior, Ontario to Montreal, 150 miles. I didn't know if I would make it, but I so much wanted to, as friends were going to put me up for the night, towards the end of 45 days of mostly sleeping outside under the stars, although at Arnprior I spent the night in an empty Catholic church. I suspect I had at least 50 miles of average close to 25 mph, due to those tailwinds and my drive to make it to Montreal.
With Biden, it's like Arnprior to Montreal. It's really amazing. The drama of pulling NATO together behind Ukraine. And that of flying twice to Israel within 10 days, probably nearly 48 hours in the air, telling Netanyahoo that Israel needs to follow the rules of war, and bucking up the Israelis generally.
Same thing happened to me! Thank you David!
Georgia, his speech demonstrates why I enthusiastically support him for president.
I missed it last night. Thank you for sharing the link!
Thank you Georgia, I missed it last night.
This is a real concern, the burnout (and health) issue. I've not read far down the comments this evening, so maybe others have already expressed this thought, and I realize it's highly presumptuous of me to even express it, but I'm going to do it anyway: Heather, you are far too valuable a voice to lose. You've started something big here with your Letters From An American. Have you considered adding staff and assuming an editorial role (with frequent personal contributions)? You must be awash in young, energetic talent given your "day job". Please don't let this thing consume you.
Last night I heard Rachel Maddow at a local university. Professor, rest easy. You have support here in Chicago from a huge crowd of MSNBC watchers. After talking directly to the students who were attending the Rachel Maddow “Prequel” event with free tickets about how to find good sources for news (the same instructions I learned about sources in graduate school long ago), Rachel ended by telling all of us to find what we could do before the next election to preserve our democracy, encouraging those who could to be poll workers. Passing that on because we’re all in the same boat(battle). If you can do nothing else, find your “postcard posse” (begun in 2018). There are lots of primaries before next November. All of us have a job to do.
Bobbe Nunes, love the I Love Lucy analogy. Fond memories from my childhood. Perhaps imaging that hilarious scene will take my mind off the craziness.
P.S. How do you add emojis to these posts??
I’m on an iPhone.
- select “Reply”
- hold down the icon that looks like a “world”, at the lower left on your screen
- a menu opens to select your language. Midway down “Emoji” is listed among the list of countries.
👌🥂😎
❤️ your reply. Thanks!
You’re very welcome! 🙌
I read Joyce every day that she posts also! It's so great to have Heather and Joyce to help clarify the madness. The comments on their subscriber pages are priceless too! Thank you to both (and Buddy) and to all of us. We are in this together!
Steve Schmidt's newsletter and podcast, The Warning, also adds another dimension to the voice of democracy.
Thank you, good to know. He's with the Lincoln Project, isn't he? They are very pro-Biden!
Yes, Steve Schmidt is with the pro-democracy Lincoln Project with many former Republicans.
Folks could read her new book also, I just got it democracy awakening wonderful. She writes in it as she speaks online which is great thank you again.
Dan, thank you for the link to Joyce Vance. Heather, you and Simone Biles are very powerful voices in advocating for self care. Thank you for presenting such a good example.
Re "A bad day for trump", it got even worse today with Cheseboro choosing to plead out. So, no Georgia trials in October and no revelations about DA Willis's evidence to help tfg defense to fight his indictment. Won't it be hysterical if all but one of the 19 indicted decide to plead out. You know who the one who won't is.
I do; the most intemperate one who's hands are the dirtiest and is most invested in saving his own azz alone.
What a beautiful photo. And I am listening to your book on my work commute. It is so good Heather. Thank you and Buddy for the excellent book and beautiful picture.
I am listening to your book, too. I just love the sound of you speaking those words. And Hawaii (where I call home) is a nice place to relax and recharge when you’re ready. Take care of yourself; it’s critical for America! Though I wish for them, very few book tour visits out here; thanks for the virtual opportunities!
I so envy you living in Hawaii--paradise on earth!🌈🏝️
I thank both you for your insights and Buddy for his sighting of beautiful photos. I hope you get good rest. I have finished your book and it is excellent. Thank you for that too. Hubby is reading it now and we will probably pass it to our neighbor to read. We last loaned him a book on Stalin, so your book will be welcome to him.
I got a good laugh out of your last sentence!
Looking forward to your commentary about President Biden's address to the nation tonight and the news that Sidney Powell will testify against Trump in exchange for pleading guilty to reduced charges and no prison time. In other words, she tucked the Kraken into bed for a long but fitful sleep.
When you book tour ends, please share with us your observations about meeting so many of your fans and the sentiments they expressed. Meanwhile, safe travels.
It seems very unbalanced for Ms Powell to get off so easily with a $2000 fine and 5 years probation when Michael Cohen had to serve 3 years in prison plus a fine in the many thousands for a much lesser crime.
Retired prosecutor here: Shirley, it’s too early in the process to find out what Powell gave up to get the deal she did. This is a card Ms Fani will hold closely, not just for tactical reasons, but also because ethical issues are implicated. I would expect Powell has offered a stake for Ms Fani to drive through the vampire’s heart.
We can only hope… come on, Fani, we’re rooting for you!
Nicely put and I like the image.
I think orange would have suited her well.
Orange is Chumps color, too. Oh, but wait! We already knew that!!
It has not been and will never be mine. He is a Halloween horror if there ever was one.
True, if there were no bigger fish to fry, her punishment did not fit the crime, but "there are bigger fish to fry," and this is no time to take our eyes off the prize - the conviction and imprisonment of a traitor (delivering national security secrets to Putin) who tried to negate the votes of more than 81 million Americans and overturn a free and fair election, establishing himself as a dictator beyond the rule of law. I'm sure that Fani Willis is thinking - 'I've got to ensure that I get Trump's conviction." Powell was but a useful idiot in Trump's scheme.
I wonder if she can still get a stiff sentence from her as yet unindicted co-conspirator status from Jack Smith? I hope so. The country needs to see stiffer penalties for the 💩 she was responsible for!
I’m sure getting her memory to engage in truthful testimony in Georgia will matter greatly in bringing receipts for the crimes
It was also a different administration and AG who ensnared Cohen; hopefully they regret their actions now, as he has provided many “receipts” as to the corruption of all those people.
Isn't it sweet, knowing that they were the architects of their own destruction? “Oh, what a tangled web we weave when first we practice to deceive”. How sweet must be Cohen's revenge. He has almost singlehandedly destroyed Trump with his information and testimony.
Trump self-destructed. Cohen et al just found their collective spines fused to self-preservation.
Well stated: "collective spines fused to self-preservation." I also wondered how it could seem fair or just for Trump never to have been indicted, tried and convicted as was Cohen since Trump was the principal and Cohen merely the agent.
Agree with you, Richard. 100%
Shirley, I feel the same way, however, there is a great discussion on Joyce Vance's substack, Civil Discourse, regarding Powell's sentence.
https://joycevance.substack.com/p/a-bad-day-for-trump
Comment by Bruce Klassen:
...in a previous CD, I think, someone explained the complicated process of RICO trials. You roll up each defendant from the outside in until you have everyone pointing at the one responsible. So, Powell is now rolled up, there will be others who get off "easy". However, it seems to be rolling in the right direction. Besides, Powell will never do "real" work again, and she will likely be disbarred (if she hasn't been already like Haircream guy). Her professional life is done. Lean back and relax with that.
I read that to mean that she is throwing all the others indicted in Georgia under the bus including death star. The first person to agree to this gets the best deal. If i were one of the others, I would be feeling very uncomfortable.
And now it looks like Cheseboro may flip too! Just this morning in Atlanta, he changed his plea to "Guilty", so yet another deal may come to light. If I were T***p, I'd be deciding what to take with him to live in a prison cell, maybe at Leavenworth?
She must keep her mouth shut and have no contact with other witnesses and can’t talk to the press etc or it can all be revoked. She must have a weapon though because when the prosecutor listing the do you understand items and came to the weapon part, she consulted with her lawyer and the judge intervened and said he didn’t think there was a reference to weapons for a misdemeanor. When they agreed to look into it, she agreed.
While I agree wholeheartedly with you, if it lands the trophy, I'm okay with it.
On one level I agree. On another I see the unfair disparities as a price to pay for ensuring Trump’s conviction in Georgia.
I agree. But right now it's the way the law works. It's not fair. The law needs to changed in that regard, imo. But, using it, they were able to offer Powell a sweet deal, something she couldn't resist, in order to hammer the real culprit.
Well, Sidney Powell is not completely off the hook for paying for her crimes. There remains her status as an unindicted co-conspirator plus she has been sued by two voting systems for her claims that the systems changed votes from tfg to Biden. Read that she is already in a deep financial hole from paying attorneys so far. Plus, Jack Smith could decide to indict her then convince her that she would be far better off to plead guilty and promise to testify against tfg and, perhaps, others on the unindicted list.
Thank you, Heather Cox Richardson. I hit the wall, too, last night listening to the sounds around
Gaza carried by tv news: voices were filled with nervous anticipation. The tiny country, full of wealth
cries at night and takes up arms against the poor Palestinians. I am a Jew. I am with them and
I am not. I cry, too, with all of us.
Fern, I hear you. But I also recommend this: turn off the TV and the radio if you're focused on watching all of this horror nonstop. Read something uplifting and calming. Watch something else. We must stand as witness, but our own health can't be sacrificed to all the forces turned against us. I have to filter the day's events through easily controlled media because, as I can do nothing, the futility of the triggering is counterproductive. Be kind to your neighbors. Hug your loved ones. A small act of generosity on a very local level has greater effect than yelling at the TV.
I spent the morning in my garden pruning my roses which is good therapy. My heart aches for what is happening in Gaza and what Hamas carried out in Israel.
Fern,
I ran across this video of Gaza on the NY Times site this morning, about an hour ago.
https://photos.google.com/album/AF1QipOSqe0Jx8tYvcTO1rdeaqKR5XIgWIFy_DuiiaCh/photo/AF1QipNmox6t0gANKiRjwS0wXw2vmPkKCB6afyy6uG_T
I wanted to also get a gift link so after I made the screen snap, I went back to get the link to the video and it was gone. I cannot find it now.
But, the image was from the NY Times and apparently represents some part of Gaza that has been under continuous bombardment.
Mike S, I looked for you as soon at I received your original message. I had these on my fingertip ❤️🍎(Big Apple) but no luck, until this time. Thank you, Mike S. Let us share a bunch of Bronx Cheers! It is time for us again!
While this is only a guess, “lots of pieces moving on lots of chess boards” feels to me like we’re approaching critical mass and can expect sudden changes. I don’t recall any other period in my lifetime that demanded our vigilance more than the present.
What magnificent serenity, as we take a brief respite with Heather from the anguish and agony in the Middle East and the speaker-less circus in the Republican House.
Gorgeous. Peaceful and serene.
I won’t complain. It was an honor to finally meet you and hear your wise words in person. People I spoke with tonight all shared how knowledgeable and relatable you are and how nice it was to see so many like-minded Texans in the same building. Thank you for publishing every night for us. Even when you have long days and are tied, you post something for us, without fail.
please look after yourself. Thousands of us need you badly.
Heather, a suggestion!
You just don't need the odd day off. You also need a long weekend and two or three weeks holidays to rejuvenate your mind, body and soul.
Just because we subscribe to your letters and pay a few dollars for the privilege of receiving them doesn't mean we own you. In fact, I feel pretty confident in saying that the community of readers you have gathered around your letters share a very deep sense of care and affection for you and who you are - primarily a good and caring human being who seeks to promote the common good at home and abroad.
Consequently, we too care about you and your entire wellbeing. We want to see you take all the rest necessary to ensure you remain strong, alert and capable of applying your unique intelligence and talents to help us make sense of these challenging times.
So, here's my suggestion. In order to help you find the odd weekend and necessary longer breaks of a week or two or three, why don't you invite capable readers of your letters to offer reflections of up to 1000 words which you can share and which then provide you with the space to rest.
I enjoy reading the comments below and you have many very capable followers. We can, collectively, take up the slack so you get the rest necessary to ensure you continue to share with us the best of your extraordinary
- commonsense for the common good -perspective.
Thank you Heather. Rest well and be at peace.
We all want HCR to take care of herself. We definitely need this perspective. But there’s one difficulty with your suggestion, Don. Reading and editing all those opinions would require more time than writing the column does. When she writes a bit about taking a break and posts one of Buddy’s pictures, I read the comments more extensively than I do on the days her column is full blown.
Such a beautiful photo!! Thanks for sharing! Hope you get a good rest tonight! You are doing really important work. Thank you!
It would be nice, Heather, that when you come back and say, "What'd I miss?" we could say, "The world has returned to sanity in your absence!" In the meantime, thank you, Buddy, for your sane/calming photo!
Morning, Lynell! Agreed on Buddy's photo. Wonderful.
Morning, Ally!
Thank goodness you are taking care of yourself, we need you for the long haul. Sleep, sleep, sleep. Thank you Buddy, for the serene photos you bring.
Since President Biden gave an historic Oval Office address tonight, I thought I’d offer people this link to the interview you did with him in the White House about one year ago. What a great conversation!
Sleep well! 😴🙏🏻❤️
https://youtu.be/PRyaDw8B9qI
Just watched it, an exceptional interview. Biden was so on point and certainly sounded, savvy, seasoned and sane!
Remember, that's the mantra for '24!!
I’m happy you watched it. To me, it puts to rest any accusation that he cannot think clearly or (worse) is a puppet. Those false narratives will of course be pushed during the election. But we with this interview have the facts to counter these inevitable GOP lies.
You can say exactly the same thing about his speech to the nation on Thursday night. It was excellent, concise (15 minutes) and direct to the most important national and international points. https://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/2023/10/20/biden-full-oval-office-speech-israel-ukraine-vpx.cnn
Love the mantra! Thanks, Angelica.
Sleep well! The picture is gorgeous.
Can’t understand why. I hit the wall just looking at your schedule plus your writing “letters” . The world will not end if you take a few days away from us. We would much rather you take care of yourself. Great picture.