I missed our letter yesterday because I was working with the 5th graders. We are figuring out how many pennies are in my collection & the kids got intrigued by the dates on the pennies when I told them they would get a dime for every penny they found that was older than me….

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…please take a look at the picture essay in the G today. It includes shots taken by Rohingya photographers who fled Burma to live in Bangladesh’s refugee camps,…

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Just saw a clip of your visit with local leaders on Women’s Equality Day. What did you think of Durham Mayor, Elaine O’Neal’s, idea of changing the narrative to point out the reproductive responsibilities for males….

….I am disappointed that you did not acknowledge the 5th anniversary of the junta’s assault on the Rohingya people. A lost generation of children are languishing in refugee camps without education, proper nutrition, or health care….

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…Happy Women’s Equality Day (WED)! How can it be that I had never heard of WED before today? ….How come I’ve never heard of Frances Ellen Watkins Harper, the African American abolitionist, suffragist, who wrote the poem, Double Standard published in 1895? ….

…Thanks for your attention to the student debt problem even though it’s politically tricky. I believe the source of the problem is financial illiteracy which is a failure of our K-12 educational system. Most citizens don’t understand compound interest & they rely on others to do the math for them….

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…I might just switch to growing Amaranth which grows wild in my plot. It’s among the 5 plants featured in a G story today about a “Diet for a Hotter Climate.” I can attest to the fact that they are super drought tolerant. …Does the Inflation Reduction Act include $$ for agri-science to continue to develop alternatives to our monoculture ag business? If not, time to get on that!

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…. Perhaps you will hang out with family & play Yahtzee. I recommend it. You get a little boost of dopamine when you get a good roll & you can use probabilistic reasoning to decide which dice to throw. Getting a Yahtzee is particularly rewarding….

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…How was yesterday’s mass at Brandywine? Did the priest talk about the “prayer of the week” that appears in this week’s bulletin?…

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Sorry to miss our letter yesterday. I was busy buying 40 donuts for Mr G’s 31st Bday. When I presented them to him, he asked his 5th graders if he should eat them all himself…. His pedagogical magic is to create an atmosphere of joy & camaraderie which he had already accomplished after just one week of school….

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…It’s too bad that you had to cut your vacation short for the signing. I saw a photo of you riding your bike on the beach & read that you encouraged your entourage of reporters to put their bathing suits on….Too bad you didn’t have more time for the restoration of contemplation….

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…Have you called PM Modi (NDM) to wish India a happy 75th bday? According to Aljazeera, even though NDM put on quite a marketing campaign, they don’t have much to celebrate. …. Perhaps it’s best to keep the call short….

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…I had my own magical moment at my mailbox yesterday when I spied an envelope from THE WHITE HOUSE … it made me feel special to read, “hearing from passionate individuals like you inspires me every day.” …

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…How is your vacation going? Did you stash your cell phone & eschew the news as mental health experts recommend? That’s a bit much to ask of the POTUS, but it might be the best thing you can do to restore your equilibrium.

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