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Monthly Archives: December 2012
Resolution
After suffering a life-threatening heart attack just over four years ago I feel like every year on this earth is a gift. Then again, every year that I’ve ever lived has been a gift. Every day is a gift. I … Continue reading
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Tagged all, calendar, cosmic, existence, gift, heart attack, love, miralce, New Year's, one, peace, positive energy, Resolution, universe
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After the Apocalypse
This is the way the world ends This is the way the world ends This is the way the world ends Not with a bang but a whimper. –T. S. Eliot On the day the world was to have ended … Continue reading
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Tagged aliens, apocalypse, blizzard, Bugurach, Christ, Christian, end of the world, end times, France, harmony, hearts, Homeless, Maya, Mayan end times, peace, pollution, predictions, protest, rapture, salvation, secret knowledge, T. S. Eliot, The Hollow Men, tribulation
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Navin Nuri, A Winter Solstice Story
Like many children Navin Nuri was a little boy who was afraid of the dark. In the past bad things had happened in the dark, so whenever day turned to night and light faded to darkness he always felt a … Continue reading
A Life Filled with Violence
My mind and my heart are still numb from the shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Connecticut. Days later it continues to stay on my mind. The shooting resonated in the country primarily because of the children. They were … Continue reading
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Tagged Battle of Bad Axe, beating, Black Hawk War, brass knuckles, bullies, Cain and Abel, capital punishment, Chicago, color, Colorado, community, criminal justice, Dane County Courthouse, Denver, Dubuque, family of choice, fights, gang, gay, Horan Hall, humiliation, interior peace, Julien Dubuque Bridge, knife, Los Angeles, Marines, mass killing, Mississippi River, murder, Navy, non-violence, overdose, pacifist, peace, Platteville, post traumatic stress disorder, prison guard, prisoner, PTSD, racist skinhead, rape, respect, Revolutionary War, robbery, Sandy Hook Elementary School, Savanna Illinois, sexual abuse, sexual orientation, shooting, South Pacific, suicide, Viet Nam, violence, World War II
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Lament for My Nation
This is the sound of my nation–not the beat, beat, beating of hearts, but the rat-tat-tatting of guns. This is the soul of my nation—not the compassion of kindred souls, but the dispassionate death knell wrought by random violence. Again–again!–we … Continue reading
Letter to the DNR on the Sporting Heritage Rules
To Whom It May Concern: This is response to the new Department of Natural Resources rules regarding the Sporting Heritage Bill that was passed by the Legislature and which goes into effect in January. I am not able to go … Continue reading
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Tagged Badgers, beaches, blaze orange, bullet, cross-country skiing, Dale Sweum, hiking, hunting, peace, photography, Robin Yount, sightseeing, ski trails, solitude, Sporting Heritage Bill, sportsmen, state lands, state parks, state wildlife area, trapping, White-tailed deer, wildlife, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
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Indictment
Today I attended a sentencing hearing for a former co-worker who had embezzled more than $120,000 from our company. I wanted to attend and speak after seeing in the newspaper that the District Attorney’s office did not intend to pursue any jail … Continue reading
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Tagged African-American, Assistant District Attorney, class, conscience, crime, defendant, defense, diabetes, District Attorney, drug crimes, employees, empty pockets, evidence, felony, forgiveness, greed, heart condition, inequity of justice, jail, jobs, judge, judicial system, Latina, Latino, newspaper, perpetrator, persons of color, plea deal, prison, prison population, probation, prosecution, punishment, race, raises, recompense, repeat offender, restitution, sentencing hearing, single mother, soccer mom, statement, stole, Taycheedah, victim's assistance, victimless crime, victims, white-collar crime
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