Oh, man, Sara, that was so beautiful.
Thank you so much.
It's so reassuring and frightening to feel
fathomed like that.
I'm really very grateful and very angry--
no, only grateful-- only grateful.
But you're right.
By the third hand, I did mean someone else.
And I think at the end you put your--
you put your available hand in the hand of another person
and that does tend to right things to a certain degree,
because it is as you said about connection.
I've had such a phenomenal few days here,
and I thank you all for coming and I
thank everybody who played a role in making it possible.
First and foremost, Tyler and Paola,
thank you so much for everything that you've done.
Thank you, Claire, for having me at your class.
Thank you for everyone who was in the class,
and thank you to everybody who attended the class that I
taught yesterday.
And also thank you to Diana Marie Delgado who played
a role in my being here today.
I think of you all the time and I
miss you and I wish you could be with us tonight.
I just had a phenomenal meal at Kingfisher.
And so if anyone--
I really like oysters Rockefeller.
And I live in Brooklyn, and you think
it shouldn't be so hard to find decent oysters Rockefeller.
I found the best oysters Rockefeller
I've had since New Orleans, here in Tucson, go figure--
yes, absolutely they deserve applause.
And I know sometimes, it can seem
funny to praise things like oysters Rockefeller
when there's so much happening in the world.
But still-- well, the two things can happen simultaneously.
You're still allowed to enjoy your meal,
you're still allowed to you know clap at oysters,
even while we're so aware of and so mindful of the things that
are happening abroad and so concerned about the way
we're processing them here in the States.