Grateful

I have been reading your work and being reminded of what wonderful young people I have the privilege of teaching and collaborating with. I think of you all very often.

There looks like a decent series on the History Channel, if you get that, called Mankind: The Story of Us.

I hope you are getting out in the beautiful weather. I hope you are reading! I hope you are dancing, drawing, making music, writing, working on your stand-up comedy act. I hope you are cooking, gardening, and playing board games and card games - legal ones! I hope you are making crafts and helping out around the house.

Yesterday (11/19) was the 149th anniversary of the Gettysburg Address, and Steven Spielberg, who directed Lincoln, spoke about Lincoln at Gettysburg. Also you know it's the 149th anniversary of the holiday of Thanksgiving, which was implemented during the Civil War, because I've told you perhaps a thousand times. What is there to be thankful for during a war? What do you think?

I look forward to seeing you all next week! Please feel free to email or call if you have questions.

(I've told some of you that I have exceptionally cute dogs. Lucky is my older son, at eight years old. He is my loyal macaroon, snickerdoodle, applesauce, toasted marshmallow, sea cucumber, study buddy. Little Bear, 5, is standing below, looking off into the distance. Why? Because he feels like it. Because if you want him to look at the camera, he'll look somewhere else. That's how he is.)