Captian's Log Wu-Wei 16 Jul 2018 So, on a whim, I picked up a copy of the Tao Te Ching. I know only a meagre amount regarding eastern religion and philosophy, but as an unapologetic westerner…
Captian's Log Depths and Heights 6 Jun 2018 I had the good fortune of free time today, and from there a well spent moment was pleasantly passed within the pages of Moby Dick, which I’m slowly reading through.…
Captian's Log I Am 7 Nov 2017 “But why can’t I go?” I would ask. The insult would always come, “Some of the students will misbehave. We can’t let you all go.” Gym would get out some…
Captian's Log Tossing in the Night 29 Oct 2017 Now there lived in that city a man poor but wise, and he saved the city by his wisdom. But nobody remembered that poor man. Ecclesiastes 9:15 . . .…
Captian's Log Book-Lovers Anonymous 16 Sep 2017 So, I have a problem. I got the chance to visit a few used bookstores in the last two days. I wanted to find a particular book. I knew I…
Captian's Log Short Story: Smoke in the Stars 7 Sep 2017 The smoldering embers die, the last vestige of life withering away into smoke. A white wispy plume, stretching into the heavens, is tossed from side to side along its inevitable…
Captian's Log In His Hands 17 May 201717 May 2017 In my last post I alluded to life happening. For instance, our refrigerator broke and the house now smells of rotting food. But of a deeper concern, a loved one…
Captian's Log Heart’s Emptiness 12 May 2017 Meaningless, meaningless, all is meaningless. Some of us get that quote immediately. Those who do recognize what Solomon is saying in Ecclesiastes. What profit is there under the sun, he…
Captian's Log Mother’s Mistakes 10 May 201710 May 2017 In preparation for mother's day I would like to take some time to remember one of my mom's greatest mistakes. I was watching a cartoon, being around seven or ten…
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