My friend Liz Respess wrote that George Lakoff says news media are using the wrong framing by saying “We are not the enemies.”  Rather say: “Protect the Truth.” I like “Protect the Truth.”  A free press is essential to a democracy, and we are a democracy.  These are strange times.

I went by the old place and noticed that the flowering pear trees have almost lost all their blossoms, and the green leaves of spring are coming on…  This is a remarkable place... this earth.  I feel very fortunate to have been born to it.