Tie o’ Last Night helped me go formal black tie to an event at the University of Utah. I even wore my black-and-white harlequin cape, but I coat-checked it at the door. Thus, you don’t see it in this picture. Every now and again, during our grand evening, I got a jolt of panic– wondering if someone had maybe seen my beauteous cape and stolen it. But then I’d remember: It’s a very out-there cape, and there’s probably not another soul on the planet who could make that look work. My capes will always be safe from theft, I think.
I’m always telling you that Suzanne is a bigly deal in the public school system. And she is. Lately, one of her tasks has been to deal with the topic of Women in Leadership– particularly the LACK of women holding leadership positions in public education.
As a result of some of her efforts, she got an invite to last night’s dinner at the U, which was followed by a screening of the documentary, RBG– about Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. What a brilliant mind, in the tiniest body. I did not know that over her career as a lawyer, she had argued six cases in front of the Supreme Court, winning five of the six.
My fave amusing part of the film was when the camera followed her during her normal workout. She’s 86, and she lifts weights. She also does push-ups, along with the rest of her challenging workout regimen. Just watching her made me tired. But it also made me feel inspired, and not just to work out. It inspired me to think more about what I can do to make the future a little better for others I will never know– because, of course, I’ll be dead. But the future won’t.
BTW I’ve written at least three times about seeing WON’T YOU BE MY NEIGHBOR?– the documentary about Mr. Rogers. I’ve watched it a few times, and I’ll watch it many more. His wisdom is filled with common sense love. As I watched RBG last night, I felt like I was watching a different-but-same continuation of WON’T YOU BE MY NEIGHBOR?. Both Rogers’ and Ginsburg’s lives have been about loving your neighbor and treating them with dignity. What a way to be.