This is supposed to be funny. But very little about this year has wanted me to feel funny. I’ll try my best. All I know is Brian made me break the world. Late last year, he got an invitation to preach in Palm Beach, FL on March 8. We had never had a beach getaway …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
“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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
“Inking”by daimoneklund is licensed under CC BY-NC 2.0 Justice Douglas starts An Almanac of Liberty where 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 …