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BRIGHT PASSAGE
by ScubaSteve
Out of the darkness and into the world of "we."
Episodes
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Child-killers
Nowhere else in the world is the simple act of going to school so fraught with danger as it is here right here in the gun-crazed United States. We lead the world in mass shootings. I have school-aged grandkids. I live in fear of what might happen to them, what might happen to any kid in school.…
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Politicians & nightmares
The brutal fact is that politicians thrive when there is hatred and fear of "the other" -- whether "the other" has dark skin, or speaks a foreign language, or has a particular sexual identity, or has been involved in the criminal legal system, and on and on and on.
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On the radio
. . . I am just slightly surprised that I was unaware of the fine sci-fi radio series X Minus One and its predecessor, Dimension X, until about 10 years ago. This situation is probably due to the fact in the heyday of 1950s and 1960s television, I just did niot take radio very seriously. I was...
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Mariupol
I've heard some folks who aren't playing with full decks say that Ukraine is corrupt. Guess what? That does not give Russia or any other nation the right to invade and slaughter the civilian population.
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You do not vanquish evil by becoming evil yourself
That the Vietnam War was immoral has become a nearly universally accepted view. There is a potent argument that any war is immoral. Which is why I surprised myself when I began thinking that I would like to see something like the Gulf of Tonkin incident give President Biden the authority to...
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Good fortune is not getting lucky
It's nice when things go your way. But things don't always go my way. Oh, sure, I'll get angry. Maybe I'll pout, or weep, or curse. I'm human. I do those things, just like you do. But I also know that type of reaction is a colossal waste of time and energy.
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Every day should contain poetry and music
I feel a kinship with the friends who love and spend time with poetry and music, and who love to talk about poetry and music.
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Stories of redemption, and not
Two movies from Christmas Day 2021.
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I am a fan of going to the ballpark
When there is a Division I national championship event being held just down the street from where you live, you go.
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I had no idea how comfortable I had become with shutdown
Change is here.
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It just takes practice
If I choose not to pick a fight with it, despair gets bored and goes home.
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Mom showed me how to do the work beautifully
The universe is nothing but change.
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Beautiful Child Entering a Changed World
She has captured my heart.
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One Dynamite Piece of Writing
Ain't it just like the night to play tricks when you're trying to be so quiet?
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Janis Poetry
She is forever of the 1960s and thank god we have the recordings.
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Questions Blow in the Wind After the Verdict
Why did we allow Derek Chauvin to harm as many people as he did?
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Are We Going to Stop Permitting Police Killings of Black People?
If the White sons of White members of the U.S. Congress were being exterminated in this way, you can bet there would be national action.
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Stone Endures
I'll never ever again think of or visit Springbrook State Park without thinking about what I can do to help make things around me better.
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My Death and Resurrection
There are no words to describe the sense of peace.
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Taking Myself to the Movies
Kong and Godzilla are great forces of nature, not unlike Faulkner's Bear or Melville's Moby Dick.
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Easter and Authority
How might you seek the light today?
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It's So Easy for a Parent to Mess Up
I was a paint-smeared and smiling 5-year-old who incurred his dad's wrath.
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Remember: You Are Blessed
Don’t forget it. Don’t be unhappy.
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We Must Lead Ourselves Out of this Darkness
What does it take to change hearts?
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My Chat With Mickey Rooney
'That last guy -- the AP guy -- he was pretty good.'
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You Do Some Things Because They Are Hard to Do
It doesn't matter who around me does not buy into this approach. It is my approach. It is my moonshot.
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Re-emerging Responsibly, and Taking Responsibility
White men have our nation’s racist attitudes so deeply embedded that they don’t even know it when they’re saying something so hurtful, something so obviously stupid.
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Hurt. Not defeated.
More than anything else, I need just to be left alone.
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An Anniversary and Light Up Ahead
As the first anniversary of this blog draws near, that time of Bright Passage also feels near. Not yet attained -- but near.
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The Vacine and a Quiet Celebration
Closer to the light?
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Tomorrow is a Long Time
I approach this vaccination with some awe and reverence.
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Forgivess. Compassion. Gratitude. Hope.
Like all of you, I am looking desperately for the light, for the signpost up ahead, pointing the way to the Bright Passage.
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You Know: Winter
No matter how cold it gets, it’s a good idea to get outside at least once a day.
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King Lear, the Prodigal Son and Fatherhood
I am my father's son. I am forgiven.
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Super Weekend
It was epic.
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Throwing Brick
That was my job. Shuffling and sorting brick. All day long.
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Hoops and The Plague
The beginning of the pandemic is all tied up with basketball for me.
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Scammer Grammar is a Giveaway
We’re surrounded by frauds and scammers.
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Thank God
Justice and accountability are the necessary requisites to healing and unity.
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A Tense Week; Bright Passage Ahead
'The measure of the restoration lies in the extent to which we apply social values more noble than mere monetary profit.'
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The Virtue of Collaboration
A little diligence, consultation with other team members, collaboration with my colleagues before hitting 'send' is a good investment of time.
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Our National Trauma
I am studying the notion of post-traumatic growth.
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A Horrendous Truth
We have cohabited with hatred.
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The Stones and The Rubaiyat
. . . and 'twas - the Grape!
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So We Could Say 'We Did This'
I went skinny-dipping in the lake on January 1.
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The Gifts of 2020
The pandemic of 2020 did all of us a favor: It shined the bright light of truth and accountability on politicians, and we have found that most of them failed us and will continue to fail us.
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Hardship Christmas
I will not forget Christmas 2020.
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A Letter to Santa
I honestly don't think I ever completely lost my faith in your spirit of generosity, your kindness and your gentle good cheer.
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Thank the Spirits
Mankind was my business; charity, mercy, forbearance, and benevolence, were, all, my business.
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A Promising Start
There are times, in fact, when my future looks kind of cool and inviting.
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Out of the darkness and into the world of "we."
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