Dear President Biden, Laura had surgery on her right shoulder Friday. When the surgeon called me after the procedure to update me he said that when he got in there he could see why she’d been in so much pain. Laura opted for a nerve block (in addition to the general anesthesia, of course), which …
Our Consoler in Chief needs to get back to basics
Dear President Biden, Remember how your predecessor had to carry that little piece of paper with stock condolence phrases when he met with survivors, family members, and friends associated with the Marjory Stoneman Douglass school shooting? I’m not sure he even used the cheat sheet, which I’m guessing someone wrote for him, but as pathetic …
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Buddha and the cat
Dear President Biden, I feel somewhat guilty not writing to you about current events today given what’s going on in Kabul, Polk County, Minnesota, and Florida but I’m feeling wrung out and as though the only energy I can muster is for sending you a direct observation story, so here you go…. Yesterday toward the …
A hard heart and clay feet
Dear President Biden, I started this letter two days ago after what I think was already an unprecedented number of days in between letters and now that longer-than-usual-break is +2. I’ve just been so disgusted and dismayed by everything I’m seeing and reading that I’ve not been able, or really, willing to gather my thoughts …
The Biden Letters 