Captian's Log Just Ridiculous 21 Jul 2025 My sister is coming for a visit, and my niece is tagging along on the flimsiest of excuses, calling my sister her mother. It's all a little too convenient: she…
Captian's Log A Rock of Happiness Submerged in Tears 20 Jul 202519 Jul 2025 How happy I am today. It is no fiery thing, no explosion, but a solid block, a faithful thing, I find inside my heart. It leaves room for tears and…
Captian's Log A-Ring-Ding-Ding! A-Ringle-Dingle-Ding! 19 Jul 2025 A-ring-ding-ding! The service bells are ringing loud.They're ringing through the night.The service bells, they pound and pound!They ring with all their might.A-ringle-dingle-ding! The ghosts are staggering and weak. They cannot…
Captian's Log Before the Door 18 Jul 2025 Lost, deep and far, inside his mind, the patient sits cross-legged upon the floor. There is a mattress for him along the wall, but he seems to prefer this spot…
Captian's Log Story of Story 17 Jul 2025 I recently watched a recording of The Tempest. It was one of the most beautiful plays I have ever seen, and it might have to top Hamlet as my favorite…
Captian's Log Summer to Fall Into Dreams 16 Jul 2025 When death was my shadow one Summer's end, and the fading light of day, by its welcoming glow, mended my troubled heart, I stopped and sighed upon my walk. I…
Captian's Log Love Letter 15 Jul 2025 We danced through the stars, a dance of death, perhaps, but truly in a passion indistinguishable from love. We have been trying to kill each other for ten years. For…
Captian's Log While the Elephants Danced: Overview 14 Jul 2025 Well, it took two days to upload to YouTube, but I blathered on for almost an hour about my short story collection. If you want to get a snippet of…
Captian's Log This is the City; I Hate It 13 Jul 202512 Jul 2025 The city waits below, a glittering spell of light. I see cars and trains, solid, square buildings and crisscrossing streets. A jewel in the night. Why don't they sleep down…
Captian's Log My Plan Has Changed 12 Jul 202511 Jul 2025 What's done is done, what's true is true, and what I've done, I've done for you. The time is now, and I must go;my part's played out within life's show.…