…Today I was moved by a video of Denys Karachevtsev playing cello in front of bombed out buildings in Kharkiv. It’s unclear to me why one would ruin a place that one wants to take over….

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….I hope your phone call with Xi Jingping had its desired effect. I’m glad that you, two, are talking. I hope you mentioned Mynamar & asked him to stop selling arms to the junta.

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.Happy Saint Patrick’s Day! I am so sorry that your day of events with His Excellency Micheál Martin (MM), Taoiseach of Ireland, will have to be virtual. I hope that he did not spread CV to Nancy Pelosi at the Gala last night….

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…What did you think of VOZ’s speech to Congress? CNN says it was quite “dramatic” & that his knowledge of “stagecraft” has made him an effective communicator to help the world understand how traumatic the Russian invasion has been….

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It’s Pi Day. Every math teacher’s favorite holiday. …Do you have a favorite pie?

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…As bleak as things are getting in Ukraine, Myanmar & many other places in this world, children laugh & play. They have the gift of the present & their creativity enables them to adapt their games to help them process the atrocities that they are witnessing….

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…Did you enjoy your time at Luis Muñoz-Marín Elementary School yesterday? Wasn’t it sweet of that little girl to draw that picture of you?…

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…I wish I had confidence that the sanctions would work, but today’s brilliant piece in the NYT dashed my hopes. The article caught my attention because it showed Myanmar’s sanctions which have been going on since 1988….

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…I doubt the press will cover your phone call with Turkey Pres. Erdogan. He’s not my favorite leader but I am happy that he has chosen to “rekindle his alliance” with Israel by hosting Pres. Isaac Herzog this week….

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…Congratulations – the NYT covered your trip to TX yesterday. It’s great that GOP Rep Jake Ellzey was there with you….

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…Rather than worry about that, I am choosing to spend my morning getting excited about teaching the 5th graders about International Women’s Day … I hope I can get everyone to pose for a photo of the #Break the Bias pose. Perhaps you & Jill could pose for one, too…

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…KOMO news reported on an Oregon couple who are fleeing Zhytomyr with their family of disabled Ukraine-born children. They felt led by God to leave the US in 2012 to help orphans….

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It’s a beautiful day here with the crab apple trees in full bloom. I wrote almost the same thing to you exactly one year ago. Some things don’t change (much). .. I encourage you to put some flexibility in your calendar for 3/22 – 3/25, the dates that the NPS has forecast for the peak bloom. It would be great if you could take a walk around the monuments, celebrate the beauty of our Capitol & make some noise about CCC…

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…Today, I am dwelling on guns after talking with my daughter about the shootings at a high school in Olathe, KS where 3 people got injured. The media is crediting the school safety officer, Erik Clark, with averting a tragedy by disabling the shooter after taking a bullet himself….

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…Thanks for uplifting Joshua Davis at the State of the Union address on Tues. ….It would be great if we can reduce the price of insulin for families like the Davis’. ….

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