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Two Distinct Beeps
I carried the garbage can full of cut branches and torn-out winter creeper to the concrete patio behind our house. To use some of my PTO time, I signed up for a writer’s retreat since we were not going to go home for Thanksgiving. I had taken a break after writing about 1,000 words to clear my head. Over the weekend, I began weeding and cleaning up the yard for fall and since garbage day was…
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Six Months Later...
Six Months Later…
In March, Brian and I went to Palm Beach, Florida for a quick weekend trip where he was going to preach at their Unitarian Universalist Church. We had a lovely hotel with a beachfront room. Although it was chilly and windy, it was nice. But since Palm Beach is down the road from the President’s estate, our hotel included the Brazilian government he was entertaining.
Now, the Brazilians are…
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Let Me Call You Sweetheart
My best friend died last week. Virginia Carrion was my grandmother. I was lucky enough to have great grandparents. They were very caring and supportive. They wanted the best for me and all of my family. But I spent a lot of time with my Gramma Carrion.
Growing up, my family got together on many Sunday afternoons. We would have dinners that would take place during half time of the Bears game…
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When You See Yourself (or No Tuesday is Super)
When You See Yourself (or No Tuesday is Super)
I remember sitting at my desk in Riverwoods and reading the South Bend Tribune when Mayor Pete Buttigieg came out. Only a few years after I came out, a man about the same age as I did the same in a public way. Of course it was a political act. But he caught my eye as someone to watch. I did the typical thing of following him on social media and remembered his name.
Only a few weeks later, I…
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My Country: Deference and Defense
My Country: Deference and Defense
“St John’s the Baptist Church, Church Road, Backworth” by Graham Robson is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0
Liberals are problematic. As one, I should know. Liberals forget the past and become indigent. They believe that momentum and justice move only forward. And forget that most steps forward engage at least two back. But most of all, liberals forget that they fail and lost over and over again…
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Why It’s Been Hard to Write
Why It’s Been Hard to Write
In September, I found a group. I joined Alex Jacob’s School of Trivia and quickly found a good group of friends. I had quit almost all of my online communities when I left social media. But to find a group of people who like to play games and who keep a positive attitude has meant and continues to mean a lot to me.
I have had a hard time staying positive for the past year. The things that once…
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Christmas Letter 2019
We missed the shuttle. After the Red Bus dropped us off, we thought we would head up to Avalanche Lake. But each shuttle looked more crowded than the last. Each biker appeared to have brought six friends. They all wanted to enjoy a trip on the Going-to-the-Sun Road without any cars to potentially push them off the mountain. It looked like our first full day at Glacier National Park was over.
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Reading 1984 in 2019
Reading 1984 in 2019
After the 2016 election, I gave George Orwell a shot. I had read 1984 in college for my own enjoyment during the Bush administration to feel like a good liberal. But I did not remember too much about it. But when I tried to read it in early 2017, I could not get past the few chapter. During this time, my brain still resembled mush due to the impact of Facebook and my inability to control myselfar…
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My Country: The Declaration of Independence
My Country: The Declaration of Independence
“Inking”by daimoneklund is licensed under CC BY-NC 2.0
Justice Douglas starts An Almanac of Libertywhere our nation began – the adoption of the Declaration of Independence. The process of adoption began on April 12, 1776 when North Carolina instructed its delegates to the Continental Congress to obtain independence. A committee was eventually created to draft the resolution. Within a week, the…
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My Country: Faith and Our Crucible
My Country: Faith and Our Crucible
Justice Douglas focused on the question of faith for July 2. In An Almanac of Liberty, he wrote:
The question of faith goes to the very heart of the problem of survival. Faith in men of opposing political creeds — faith in people who worship God from a temple too strange for us to call a church — faith in those who reject institutions and ways of thought which we hold dear — faith in the great…
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Unbroken Wheels and Game of Thrones
Choice, Unbroken Wheels and #GameOfThrones
When I met Brian, he really enjoyed the show Game of Thrones. And he wanted to get me to like it. I failed spectacularly. I would ask too many questions. Nothing made any sense. And I did not like the characters that they told me to like. In fact, I compared it to All My Childrenas we finished the first season DVDs. Now, the series has ended. I watched parts of the beginning and the end. I fell…
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Zorach and the Separation of Church and State
Zorach and the Separation of Church and State
“A Christian missionary went from England to India…to save the heathen from their blindness and bring them into the light. One day, in the streets of a crowded city, he saw a beggar, seated on the pavement, his body covered with sores. He felt moved by the man’s misery and went to speak to him. He told him that he he had brought him a truth that could save him-the truth of salvation through…
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What Comics I Read - January 20, 2019
What Comics I Read – January 20, 2019
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I had to travel for work and brought a bag full of comics in the car with me. As it snowed last Saturday, I read and I read. I finished the book Jasper Jones that I bought in Australia. And I read 16 comics. My favorite book of the week: Fantastic Four #5.
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Book 2 of 2019: This Town by Mark Leibovich
Book 2 of 2019: This Town by Mark Leibovich
Once upon a time, I would buy Bob Woodward’s book when it came out. I would read at least three political tomes each year. I lived and breathed politics. And honestly, one of the main purposes of this blog has been to rediscover my love of democracy and to dig into some of my beliefs – in addition to writing about books, movies, and comics.
If you want to read a book that feels like it could…
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What Comics I Read - January 13, 2019
What Comics I Read – January 13, 2019
In this second week, I read 14 comics from December. As I slowly make my way to catch up to the week at hand, I enjoyed most of these books. As a reminder, these are based on what I buy and what hit me that week. My favorite book of the week: Black Badge #5 from Boom Studios.
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Christmas Letter 2018
“Feel any different?”
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What Comics I Read - January 6, 2019
What Comics I Read – January 6, 2019
One of my goals for 2019 is to write at least two blog articles each week. To accomplish this and another (read the comics I buy in a timely fashion), I decided to write about the five books I read each week that I love and the five that I did not get. Another reason I want to do this is that I buy too many comics that I do not generally enjoy. It’s not generally because the book isn’t good –…
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