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Friday StreetLights PSA
Happy Friday Kindness Warriors! You made it! Most of you have probably already started your evening and weekend routine. But here is a little “Drive Kind” PSA. As you make your way home or around town, do so with kind on your mind. 1. Stay off your device, except before you put it in drive…
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#TBT Aug 7, 2025: Going The Distance
#Drivingawaydepression Anger, fear, I drive. Sadness, pain, I drive. Contemplation, I drive. Confrontation, I drive. Reconcile, learn, grow, love, hope, I drive. “I am not your spinning wheels. I am the highway.” Sometimes this lonely road I travel converges with others on their own lonely journey. Today was one of those days. 4 strangers parting…
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The Patron Saint Of Lost Causes: A 2 For Tuesday Tale.
Here I am! I am still here. Been knocked around. Been knocked down. But I am not done. I can still get behind the wheel and drive right past all the bullshit and into the light. Although, I think I may be running out of road. I picked up a few familiar passengers Friday night.The…
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A Call To Arms
Hello, and welcome to our shared nightmare. The United States turns 250 years old next year. I hope we can become united again by then. In this disperate lexicon of what is America, we find ourselves unable to effectively communicate with each other. To say we are at a crossroads is a gross understatement. More…
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#TBT May 22, 2025 You’ve Got A Friend
I turn 54 in 2 weeks. As it happens, this song is also 54, this month. With that in mind, I would like to dedicate this week’s song to all my friends and family, to the Kindness Club, to those who also battle depression, and to anyone who may come upon this post in need…
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Two For Tuesday: Africa
“This is the story of how we begin to remember” -Paul Simon, Under African Skies I can often become overwhelmed with the news and all the harshness this world is suffering through right now. And, I don’t mean the challenges of climate change or natural disasters. I mean the tragedy of a serious lack of…
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#TBT Feb 20, 2025 Love Will Keep Us Together
If hate and fear (along with an overloaded plate of misinformation) have divided us, it stands to reason (and hope and pray) that LOVE, love will unite us. Love will keep us together. I think 1975 is calling to us. It is saying get your shit together and go home, to the place where there…
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Two For Tuesday: Homeward Bound
Where have all the poets gone? In case you missed it, Sunday was a special celebration, a very special moment in television and music history. It began with a wonderfully written and perfectly delivered monolog by Steve Martin and was bookended by two of the greatest musical talents OF… All… TIME… They both share a…
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We Are Still All Connected.
Thank you JH, “Dear God,You’re gonna need to help out today.If people in my life need some comfort and reassurance, it can’t really come from me today because I am in need of the same. I just can’t just blow sunshine up anyone’s ass today, Lord, so I ask that you send what they need,…
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Streetlights On A Friday Night: We Are All Connected
For Mom, Tough day? Rough week? Where is the peace and solace you seek? Is the pain overwhelming? Does every movement cause more pain? Is this isolation all you have left in this world? Is there nothing more to gain? October, my favorite month. The weather changes, the heat finally relents. Football, fireflies, colorful trees,…
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