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Either Sadness or Euphoria

Community: Why I Don’t Care About Your Ill-Informed Opinion

By Dan on Sunday, April 4, 2021
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When I took the ham out of the oven, the potatoes had a bite to them still, so I turned the oven higher. I could see the cream and cheese bubbling, making them scalloped, whatever that is. I placed the foil on top of the ham to keep it warm and returned to my chair. …

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Christmas Letter 2020

By Dan on Tuesday, January 5, 2021

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 …

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Two Distinct Beeps

By Dan on Saturday, November 28, 2020

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 …

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Six Months Later…

By Dan on Wednesday, September 23, 2020

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 …

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Let Me Call You Sweetheart

By Dan on Monday, April 20, 2020

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 …

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Dan Reads the News My Democratic Faith Wading into the Potomac

When You See Yourself (or No Tuesday is Super)

By Dan on Monday, March 2, 2020

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 …

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My Democratic Faith

My Country: Deference and Defense

By Dan on Tuesday, February 25, 2020

“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 …

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Why It’s Been Hard to Write

By Dan on Sunday, February 16, 2020

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 …

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Christmas Letter 2019

By Dan on Thursday, January 2, 2020

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 …

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A Foray into Fiction

Reading 1984 in 2019

By Dan on Tuesday, July 16, 2019
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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 …

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