8/8/2023

My Dear Friend & POTUS, JRB,

It looks like you had a blast with Dusty Baker, et al, yesterday when the Astros visited the WH. He’s an inspiration – still coaching at age 74!

            Do you have eudaimonic well-being today? In other words, are you experiencing a sense of “growth, authenticity, meaning & excellence”? If so, it could have come to your connecting with nature yesterday at the Grand Canyon.

            You are so lucky! I have not yet been there. I’d like to hike to the bottom, but finding a companion for that kind of escapade is challenging. Maybe we could go together.

U.S. Interior Secretary Deb Haaland with the Havasupai Tribal Council and other tribal members

            Thanks for designating the area around the park as a National Monument. Protecting sites sacred to the Havasupai, Hopi, Hualapai, Paiute, Navajo, Yavapai-Apache, Zuni & Colorado River Indian Tribes is a first step in acknowledging that our relationship with the land needs to change from a mentality of extraction to one of veneration. I am still getting over the timber extraction on the land in WI that I hold dear, so I can imagine how the indigenous people of America feel when their special places are threatened by uranium mining & such.

            Did you see the news about the UN report on the war crimes in Burma? It enumerates “the killings of civilians or combatants detained during operations as well as torture & horrific sexual violence.” The AJ quotes Nicholas Koumjian, head of the IIMM, “Every loss of life in Myanmar is tragic, but the devastation caused to whole communities through aerial bombardments & village burnings is particularly shocking.” Please highlight this situation when you get a chance & warn the world that something similar is beginning to happen in Niger. Then remind everyone WINTA & don’t sell anyone any weapons.

            Enjoy your visit to AZ today.

            BYBS,

            RCA