first, thank you for a lovely column (my word from an older generation). thought provoking, as is your custom.
second, you have a lovely family!
third, regarding the apparent "nastygram" you received whilst in Maine - it is an unfortunate and fouling sediment of a time when self-expression has overcome self-restraint. to conjure up the apparition of Richard Nixon (before your time, but I voted for him), there is a vast silent majority of readers who find such behaviors appalling, and who understand that is disagreement, there is learning.
Alexandra--o.k., Lexi -- is always good for another one-liner: What is civility, if not attention made visible? - !
first, thank you for a lovely column (my word from an older generation). thought provoking, as is your custom.
second, you have a lovely family!
third, regarding the apparent "nastygram" you received whilst in Maine - it is an unfortunate and fouling sediment of a time when self-expression has overcome self-restraint. to conjure up the apparition of Richard Nixon (before your time, but I voted for him), there is a vast silent majority of readers who find such behaviors appalling, and who understand that is disagreement, there is learning.