Have you heard of freudenfreude? It’s joy that you get from witnessing a friend’s success. You seem to be good at it…..It’s like “sharing dessert: both parties enjoy the sweetness of the moment.”
11/25/2022
…Speaking of heroes, did you hear that the Iranian soccer team refused to sing the national anthem in Qatar? They are catching some heat from the regime who say they have “no right to express individual opinions.”…
11/23/2022
…Best of all, the World Cup is captivating my husband ….While all is not well with the world, the sun is out & we are blessed with another day….
11/22/2022
…It’ll be a beautiful day in Nantucket tomorrow to continue your week of family fun. Do you have to bring so much security apparatus?…
11/21/2022
…If Chocolate and Chip had a good night’s rest at the Willard hotel last night, they should be in fine form this AM. I saw them strutting their stuff & fanning their tail feathers at their press conference yesterday, where National Turkey Federation chairman Ronnie Parker was justifiably thrilled at the whole affair…
11/20/2022
…HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!! I know that you are trying to keep it on the down low. Is that why you had Naomi’s wedding yesterday, to distract everyone from the fact that you are turning 80?…
11/19/2022
…In Thailand, they are decrying the APEC summit as a ‘festival of lies,’ being frustrated by a tyrannical regime where dissenters can be sentenced for up to 15 years for insulting or defaming the royal family….
11/18/2022
…As I navigate the strike, I see it as evidence of a broken system that is harming its most vulnerable people. Public funding of universities is drying up so we have switched from having tenure-track faculty do most of the work, to having lower paid employees do it. Those who are suffering are those with the least power in the system,…
11/17/2022
…Don’t you love that word, “equipoise?” If you don’t know about it, ask Chiquita Brooks LaSure, your head of CMS, who was written about in the WP today. I look forward to seeing how she handles the official end of the CV emergency that’s supposed to happen in Jan 11, 2023….
11/16/2022
…Did you enjoy planting the mangrove tree with the G20 gang? It’s too bad the meetings were disrupted by the bomb that landed in Poland. I hope it was an accident….
11/14/2022
…What kind of vibe did you get from your 3-hour meeting with XJ? I’m glad you had Janet Yellen & Antony Blinken at your side to provide moral support. Were you successful at “lowering the temperature of an overheated relationship?”…
11/13/2022
…According to the WP back when you (& XJ) both were VPs you hosted one another for several days. While you now deny that you are friends, I remind you that we are all Friends.
11/12/2022
…I greatly appreciate your attendance at ASEAN. According to the NYT “showing up matters” especially in Asia. According to the WP, one of your “enduring challenges… (is) to persuade your fellow leaders that former (POTUS’) disruption of American foreign policy was an aberration, not a long-lasting shift.”…
11/11/2022
…I am intrigued by Polish “fusionist,” Kasia Molga, who put her tears into tiny bottles with algae in an exhibit called, “How to Make an Ocean.” …. I hope these images move you to make climate change one of your priorities…
11/10/2022
…Are you ready for your trip? I’ve never been to any of the places that you will be visiting. I hope you get a couple of minutes to go to the beach in Sharm El-Sheikh. It’s too bad that you’ll be too busy talking to President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi about jailed activist Alaa Abd El-Fattah to go snorkeling….