Musings

And…enjoy The View

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I rarely watch daytime television for long, but today I caught the whole The-President-and-Five-Women interview, which was shot yesterday.

Barbara was the serious newswoman, fondling her note-cards.

EH took the strident-FOXy role. (Big surprise, right?)

Sherri was star-struck, yet cogent.

Joy got us laughing (so did the Pres!).

Whoopi nailed a thoughtful question totally from memory. (See, Barbara, this isn’t 20/20.)

I didn’t know about the Obama family tradition of the roses/thorns model for reconnecting with loved ones. In short, you think back over your day and designate a particularly good thing that happened as a rose, and a not-so-good-moment as a thorn. This, then, structures the beginning of the conversation over which the family reconnects.*

Nice idea.

* Can I write that any more awkwardly?