Thank you Suzanne. Ya know, you make profound observations in your articles. And in your notes: “Play up the bullshit so ultimately the crowds will vote against themselves without actually knowing.” You think that’s obvious. Most people either miss it, or they sense it but can’t put it into words.

And another thing. Your vows in “You Are My Baker’s Dozen…” make me want to forsake my spinsterhood just so I can say them to someone. “The first time I ever experienced a relationship being about everything rather than a handful of things.” That’s one gem; there were plenty more.

I hope that after you write something like “Baker’s”, you pour or bake or dish up a special treat for yourself, pause for a moment and reflect on what you just wrote, then drink or eat a toast to yourself. You earned it.