Captian's Log To a Wasp 10 Apr 202631 Mar 2026 "These great men of yours," I asked, "were they ever children?" "Children?" "Did they ever dream or cry? Were they ever dirty? Were they ever exhausted at the end of…
Captian's Log Convince Me 9 Apr 202631 Mar 2026 Convince me, you liar, you twister of words. All your weave of philosophy you cast like a web, it won't do. No, I don't think it will do. I don't…
Captian's Log Rough Draft | An Unfinished Beginning: The Hanged Man 8 Apr 202630 Mar 2026 A Note: A few different influences working here, the most striking was thinking I saw, out of the corner of my eye, a metal sculpture of a man hanging from…
Captian's Log The Next Step 7 Apr 202630 Mar 2026 Through the fog, only a shadow of the next step appears. As I set my foot down, I feel the solid stone-laid path against my sole. There is music, somewhere,…
Captian's Log The Fall 6 Apr 202630 Mar 2026 The mighty giant did not fall all at once once he was dead. Rampaging across the mountains, his feet wet with the blood of men and beasts, his heart was…
Captian's Log Easter | Holy Week Reflection | Holy Mother 5 Apr 2026 It's been a difficult Holy Week. My inner life has been in turmoil. I am afraid, so afraid I cannot bear to think on the thing, except to beg God…
Captian's Log The Alien 4 Apr 20261 Apr 2026 As I go through the old ritual of adjusting the mirrors, I cannot help but see my own face, twisted, bloated, colorless. Hardly human anymore. The contours are too smooth,…
Captian's Log The Alien 3 Apr 20261 Apr 2026 I hear the dancing music, and the voices of happy youth. I think, even, I can smell the sweat. Earth. It has been a long time. Standing under the eaves…
Captian's Log The Alien 2 Apr 202621 Mar 2026 Many surgeries since now and boyhood, good surgeries, and I can tell you the distance of that dog more accurately than radar. I can also tell you that it's coming…
Captian's Log A Review? An Interview? 1 Apr 2026 I'm excited to announce that While the Elephants Danced has been featured on a website called Ginger Nuts of Horror. I emailed them asking if they'd review my book, and…
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