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Poet. Activist. Husband. Environmentalist. Democrat. Grandpa. Wisconsinite. Traveler. Human.

Haiku - July 4, 2023

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- July 04, 2023

Haiku - July 4, 2023

Today’s reminder

What does this country stand for?

True democracy

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Nuts About Each Other: A Song

- July 28, 2024

Nuts About Each Other: A Song For Amy and Aaron on their 13th anniversary, July 30, 2024 They’re nuts about each other. They’re nuts about each other. They’re nuts about each other. Nuts not squirrely They’re peanuts about each other. They’re peanuts about each other. They’re peanuts about each other. Sweet peanut brittle They’re pecans about each other. They’re pecans about each other. They’re pecans about each other. Just pecan-ic not volcanic They’re walnuts about each other. They’re walnuts about each other. They’re walnuts about each other. Walnetto not falsetto They’re hickories about each other. They’re hickories about each other. They’re hickories about each other. Hickory no trickery They’re almonds about each other. They’re almonds about each other. They’re almonds about each other. ...

The Yellowstone Trip

- February 24, 2021

The Yellowstone Trip Back in August of 2010, Patti and I took a trip with Amy and Aaron to a number of national parks and other memorable places on the way to Yellowstone and Grand Teton. These included the Badlands, Mount Rushmore, Crazy Horse Memorial, Black Hills, Wind Cave, and Medicine Wheel National Historic Site. The Badlands are well-named. They are other-worldly bad. Over-the-top bad. But beautiful as well in their own stark and sere way. We took them in, and drove on down the road. Next stop, Mount Rushmore, the iconic faces of Washington, Jefferson, Teddy Roosevelt, and Lincoln peering down from their mountain home. Per the brochure, it took six years to carve the faces in the cliff, six years spread over the fourteen years it took to raise the million dollars for the project. The faces are up to six stories high from chin to crown. Taking a road off to the side of the mountain, we caught a different camera angle, the side of Washington’s face. We had a bri...