Captian's Log 2022: The End 31 Dec 202222 Dec 2022 I'm not sure how to commemorate the end of this year. Admittedly, there has always been an arbitrariness to New Year's Eve that has bothered me. Why end the year…
Captian's Log Abel’s Walk 30 Dec 202216 Dec 2022 Zorn, he saw it all too, but he didn't see God. I suppose I didn't see God either, but I knew Him, felt Him. Out of the three of us,…
Captian's Log Abel’s Walk 29 Dec 202216 Dec 2022 These thoughts swirled in my mind as I passed the empty shop windows. Christmas, everything was closed, everyone was away. No snow. Rarely get snow. I sighed and watched the…
Captian's Log Abel’s Walk 28 Dec 202216 Dec 2022 Me, I always understood, at least theoretically, that I would die; seeing all of time and space play out in an instant—well, all things have to die, even the universe.…
Captian's Log Abel’s Walk 27 Dec 202216 Dec 2022 "Yes," he said. "I've seen things, strange things…" his voice fell away as his eyes glazed over. I stood, passed my hand before his face a few times—such empty eyes—and…
Captian's Log Abel’s Walk 26 Dec 202216 Dec 2022 "I have seen the beginning and the end. The Stars have burned and the darkness returns!" The pitch of his voice and the speed at which he spoke rose with…
Captian's Log 2022: Merry Christmas 25 Dec 202222 Dec 2022 And as I walk through sleet and snow, as cold rain falls and harsh winds blow, and all the world seems full of woe, I think how few that night…
Captian's Log 2022: Christmas Eve 24 Dec 202222 Dec 2022 With deep sincerety, I wish you all a Merry Christmas. It is a dark time, but a time for rejoicing in the darkness. A great gift has been given, and…
Captian's Log Serenity 23 Dec 202222 Dec 2022 The distant roar melded into my dreams, becoming the horrid sound of the unseen beast in the ice, raging as it had once raged throughout long forgotten centuries. I was…
Captian's Log Fairy Tale: The Fruit of a Dead Tree 22 Dec 2022 Please Read: The Fruit of a Dead Tree Excerpt: There’s an old, dead tree, all twisted up and rotten. I suppose the gods had disliked it, for its outer bark…