round circle archives- originally posted april 19, 2007

This is a repost of something I wrote some time ago. In my mind, it deserves repeating, for the message comes from my heart and tells a great deal about what happens to many who are called to war.
Please bear with me and allow me this time [...]

round circle archive- originally posted april 3, 2007
As it was a blustery day in April, I wrote this story about one important lesson that was taught to me by Nature. I finished the story and went and sat down and looked out at the snow blowing past my window. I saw a flash of something [...]

I wasn’t always able to travel. I did have to work regularly to support a family. I helped my wife raise three daughters, both with a paycheck and as a care giving Father. We had a couple of dogs and cats and we built our own solar heated house in the early 1980’s. In [...]

round circle archives- originally posted september 25, 2007
Sunset over Chequamegon Bay from The Cabinette
The first day of Fall arrived officially at 5:51 AM on Sunday, September 23rd. Seems like the weather knew it, because the rain and wind have blown most of the tree leaves to the ground already. I went to the outhouse [...]

When you travel in this beautiful country of ours, have you seen the signs? The marquees, the ones close to the ground, usually a yellow background, with the letters made of plastic so you can change the message? You know the kind I’m talking about, don’t you? Maybe you’ve seen them right in the town [...]

from round circle archives- original posting march 21, 2007
Recently, a good friend forwarded one of those e-mails to me. You know the kind, pass this on to 350,000 people within the next micro second and you’ll be blessed by God almighty with a bolt of greased lightning. I read them, I really do, [...]

With presidential elections a year away, the tabloids and news outlets are spinning anything and everything they can to get the candidate they back a leg up. More money is being spent than ever before. It always mystifies me, that someone would spend so many millions of dollars to get elected to a thankless job [...]

The Tancredo flap about him hiring illegal aliens to do some work on his house, then calling illegal aliens terrorists, really yanks my chain. I guess I don’t really give a damn what he does, it just brings this whole immigration discussion out again and that’s what pisses me off. We shouldn’t have to [...]

The Roman Senate
There are certainly enough issues out there right now. Overwhelming, actually, that we’re pulled in so many directions trying to do the right things on every front. Each of us may take up our own favorite cause, and some of us try to respond and put out all the fires at once. On [...]

It’s been a long time since I was in the Army. I was drafted in 1968 and I served 22 months in all, with the last 12 being in Vietnam. I was a combat infantryman in a mortar platoon. I always had some shame after Vietnam. I was always ashamed that I didn’t see the [...]

In a conversation the other day about the Peace Vigil that takes place once per week here in Ashland, we wondered why we didn’t hear much, overall, about protests, either that they are held, or that they had anyone in attendance. Not about the small gathering here in Ashland, but on the National level, in [...]

Since the writers are on strike, I will honor it and not cross the picket line. After all, I am a long time Union man. I worked as a teamster for most of my working career. My father was a teamster as well as my brother. My spouse’s father was an AFL-CIO pipe fitter, and [...]

In the Spring of 1993, I moved from Northern Minnesota to Grand Junction, Colorado. The move was to a different climate and a change of scenery and we thought we’d try the mountains; thought the fresh start would help us cope with the loss of our daughter-we were running from something. I had suffered [...]

Audacity. This is one word that can be used when describing the basic mold of the United States of America. It means the quality or state of being audacious and having intrepid boldness. Someone who exhibits audacity is said to have a bold or arrogant disregard of normal restraints . This definition, according to [...]

Originally posted at Spadoman’s Peace Blog
I got this in an e-mail from a good friend. This sounds like a very good idea.
Whatever your stance on the war…….
When you are making out your Yuletide / Holiday / Christmas / Chanukah / Kwanzaa / Thanksgiving / Seasonal card list this year,
Consider including one or more to the [...]