Captian's Log Look Me in the Eye 28 May 2026 "Look me in the eye." "Which one?" I stammered. "The… um… the big one." "This one?" "Sure. That's not the big one, but sure. No, stop. Just pick one eye…
Captian's Log Hearth 16 Apr 202611 Apr 2026 Her smile warmed me a little, and despite the hour and all the noise, I tried to reciprocate. I'm not sure I was quite able to smile, but I nodded.…
Captian's Log Cinder’s Nest 25 Mar 202619 Mar 2026 Sweet are the faces smiling now, sweet in their blind rapture. Sweet are the nods, and sweet their squinting eyes, approval for all that they despise. I will destroy, I…
Captian's Log In the Wind 29 Jan 202624 Jan 2026 Sometimes, I remember, and I want to weep. It hits me, harder than you know. But then again, I forget it so quickly and cannot account for these tears rolling…
Captian's Log If It’s True 26 Dec 2025 Standing by the rudder, watching the city burn, the smoky pillars of destruction lifted high into a black and starless sky—and my heart grew cold, then. I did not feel…
Captian's Log Sitting on a Log, I Fear Fire Under Saturn 12 Oct 202511 Oct 2025 There is a tree that fell on one of them. I don't know what the odds are. It's pinned there, reaching, grasping, snarling in the dirt. I pity that withered…
Captian's Log Memories of Mt. Hood 13 Sep 202512 Sep 2025 Do you ever wonderwhere the rivers flow?Desolate, white Mountain peakwhat happens to your melted snow?Between here and there, forests and planesyour living waters feed.Birds and beasts this gift refreshed, this…
Captian's Log Dusty | Part IV 4 Aug 202531 Jul 2025 I reckon that’s all the more I’ve got to say, and I thanks you for hearing me. I never thought I’d get out of life alive. Leastways, grandpappy taught me…
Captian's Log Dusty | Part III 3 Aug 202531 Jul 2025 My grandpappy was a preacher man, and he read much. He read me Bible as a young’un, and also some of ’em old legends too. I rather loved hearing ’em…
Captian's Log Dusty | Part II 2 Aug 202531 Jul 2025 If y’re fixing on hanging me, hang me. What I did, I did. I’ll answer to God for that. Maybe He’ll see things my way, maybe yours, but I won’t…