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Nora Ephron died today. I wasn't her biggest fan though I greatly appreciated her writing and her wit. What's up with the dearth of funny female screenwriters? Bizarre.

Molly and I wrapped up some of her Polish pottery tonight -- man, I will really miss some of those bowls and cups. So pretty. So distinct. I hope they all make it to their final destination in good shape.

Aaron from David G's campaign called me about petitions, and damn, I hadn't had Nicola sign her sheet yet. I called her, and she was at the pool with Susan. (Mmmph. Wish I'd been at the pool -- today was gorgeous. Truly lovely weather. Hotter than necessary but it was all just fine because there was very little humidity, so it felt like Los Angeles or something. So lovely.) Anywhoo, I told Nicola she needed to sign the sheet, and she said, "Oh, can't you just sign my name?" I said, "After all the crap going on with the DC council, it is not going to be MY fault if anything happens to David Grosso's campaign."

I went to see E.J. Dionne today at Center for American Progress; he spoke for about an hour on the "divided American heart." Honestly, it all gets over my head pretty fast, but surprisingly, the hour went by quickly, more quickly than I expected. I asked a question about unions/organized labor, primarily because I wanted to remind him who I am ... he did not remember me, but he did react positively to the mention of Maryknoll. I came back to the office when it was over and told Dave, "It's going to be hard to not work here anymore and to not get the sort of reaction that we get whenever we mention Maryknoll. Everyone loves it."



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