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A Walk in the Woods
Today was a perfect day for a spring walk. It was about 60 degrees in Wisconsin and sunny a day before we’re scheduled to be under the threat of rain for the rest of the week. Last year, due to … Continue reading
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Tagged animals, cancer, Christians, circles, community, cycles, death, deer, desert, eagles, energy, heart, Heaven, hike, humanity, land, landscapes, life, light, love, nature, plants, prairie, rain, rebirth, reincarnation, seasons, soul, spirit, spirtuality, tree, tundra, universe, walk, Wisconsin, woods
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Wisconsin Asshats
Dear Scott Fitzgerald and Robin Vos, The nicest thing I can say about the two of you is that you are asshats. After years in the Wisconsin Legislature as waterboys for the Koch Brothers and the American Legislative Exchange Council … Continue reading
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Tagged agenda, ALEC, American Legislative Exchange Council, business interests, citizens, conservative, corporate benefactors, Covid-19, death, election, gerrymandered, Governor Evers, Green Bay, humanity, incumbent, Koch Brothers, lawsuit, medical experts, Milwaukee, moneyed interests, pandemic, polling stations, power, power grabs, right-wing, Robin Vos, Scott Fitzgerald, Senate Majority Leader, sickness, Speaker of the Assembly, statehouse, stay-at-home order, Supreme Court, Wisconsin, Wisconsin Lesiglature
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Dunleavy’s Folly
“To encourage literature and the arts is a duty which every good citizen owes to his country.”–George Washington “I must study politics and war that my sons may have liberty to study mathematics and philosophy, geography, natural history, naval architecture, … Continue reading
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Tagged Alaska, Alaska State Council on the Arts, Anchorage Daily News, architecture, art classes, artists, arts, arts agency, arts programs, authoritarians, bands, Bible, books, budget shortages, Cartoonists, character, citizen, Congress, conservatives, fascists, geography, George Washington, Governor Mike Dunleavy, humanity, John Adams, Legislature, liberty, literature, mathematics, meaning, Medicaid, music, National Endowment for the Arts, natural history, naval architectur, novels, painting, philosophy, photography clubs, poetry, poets, politicians, politics, porcelain, Presidents, private foundations, public broadcasting, Republican, Scott Walker, Songwriters, sports, state government, statuary, tapestry, Thomas Jefferson, truth, University of Alaska, verses, Visual artists, war, Wisconsin, Wisconsin Arts Board, writers
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Paths to Healing Keynote Speech
At this year’s Paths to Healing conference on male survivors of child sex assault I was the keynote speaker. This is the text of the speech I delivered today. Good morning. I’d like to start by thanking Chris Taylor, who … Continue reading
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Tagged #MeToo, 9/11, A Single Bluebird, adult survivor, African-American, alcoholism, allies, altar boy, American Family Insurance, angels, anger issues, articles, arts, becoming, black man, blog, books, brotherhood, Canopy Center, casual sex, child sex abuse, child sex assault, childhoiod, Chris Taylor, class, collective spirit, color, come out, compassion, control, courage, creed, Dane County Rape Crisis Center, DEnim Day, depression, disabled, domestic abuse, drug abuse, emotions, empathy, Empty Playground, equality, essays, faith, Family Sexual Abuse Treatment, forgive, forgiveness, Friends of the State Street Family, gay man, gender, gender identity, harassment, Harvey Milk, hatred, healing, heart attack, Henry David Thoreau, Hmong, Ho-Chunk Nation, honest, hope, horror, human, human connection, human spirit, humanity, inner child, innocence, Invisible Boy, Irish-Catholic, Jesus, Journalism, journey, joy, justice, keynote speech, Latino, LGBT, Madison, male survivor, masculinity, memoir, meningitis, minority, monologues, mumps, Native American, neighbors, orientation, OutReach, Paradise, Paths to Healing, peace, perpetrator, person of color, personhood, plays, playwriting, poetry, positive energy, post traumatic stress disorder, power, promiscuity, prostitution, Proud Theater, queer, race, recovering alcoholic, reocvery, rights, scarlet fever, secrets, self-abuse, self-care, self-hatred, sex, sexual abuse, Sexual Assault Awareness Month, sexuality, shame, siblings, silence, social drinking, Solidarity with Child Abuse Victims/Survivors, sorrow, spirituality, State Capitol, straight, suffering, suicidal ideation, teach, therapy, threats, trans, trigger warning, truth, underserved communities, UNIDOS Against Domestic Violence, universal truths, Utopia, UW-EauClaire, victims, violence, Voices of Courage, Waylon Pahona, Wisconsin, Wisconsin Coalition Against Sexual Assault, writer
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Heroes
On Friday I was invited to speak at a performance of Are We Delicious?/Musical Heroes. The company had invited audience members to nominate “local heroes” and then invited four to speak between pieces at the event. This is what … Continue reading
Disposable
I have been thinking lately about our disposable world and how virtually everything in it is designed to be used and tossed. Maybe I’m getting old and waxing nostalgic for a simpler time, or maybe for some reason I’m just … Continue reading
Voices of Courage Closing Remarks
I was invited to give the closing remarks at the Voices of Courage luncheon, an annual event honoring those working in the sexual assault field. The event is sponsored by the Wisconsin Coalition Against Sexual Assault. Here is what I … Continue reading
Peace on Earth
In the Christian tradition this is among the holiest of eves. But one does not have to be a Christian to appreciate the man of peace who was Jesus. If one simply takes him at face value, as a man … Continue reading
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Tagged Afghanistan, arms, believers, Bible, borders, Buddhists, Christian, Christmas, Gandhi, generosity, glory, God, Golden Rule, hearts, Hindus, humanity, Iraq, Jesus, Jesus wept, kill, kindness, love, Martin Luther King Jr., Mexico, Mohammed, Muslims, Nelson Mandela, Nigeria, Pakistan, patriotism, peace, Somalia, spirit, Sudan, Syria, teachers, unbelievers, understanding, United States, war, weapons, Yemen
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Redskins and Whities
Maybe I’m being overly simplistic about this but it seems to me that if I’m using a term and someone points out to me that it is offensive I would stop using that term out of respect for our common … Continue reading
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Tagged Act 250, Badgers, Blackhawks, Braves, Celtics, Dallas Texans, Daniel Snyder, Department of Administration, Department of Public Instruction (DPI), discrimination, European settlers, Fighting Irish, genocide, Governor's office, Green Bay, humanity, Indians, Kansas City Chiefs, Lambeau Field, mascot, Milwaukee Brewers, Minnesota, minorities, Montreal Expos, Native Americans, New Orleans Hornets, New Orleans Pelicans, NFL, Oneida Nation, Redskin, Republican, respect, ruling culture, Scandinavian, Seattle Pilots, sports, team names, Tigers, tradition, Vikings, Washington Nationsl, Washington Redskins, Wisconsin
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Dear Tom
Dear Tom, I finally unfriended you on Facebook. I’m sorry, but I simply do not want to be friends with someone like you any more. You know I tried. When I would post items that promoted my political point-of-view you … Continue reading
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Tagged anti-Muslim, Catholic, Catholic school, Christian, citizen, conservative, ethics, Facebook, friend, gay, hatred, hometown, homophobic, humanity, lefties, liberal, love, Muslim, political party, racist, religion
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Living in Peace
Nature has always been where I find my peace. So when I look for peace in a violent world and I look to nature I am greeted with the fact that the rest of nature is as violent as the … Continue reading
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Tagged alive, community, compassion, disease, evolution, fear, goodness, greed, hatred, hope, humanity, hunger, kindness, live, love, mistrust, murder, music, nature, peace, pleasure, possession, property, singing, song, survive, territory, tools, trust, violence, war, weapons, young
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A Single Bluebird 