Captian's Log Thanksgiving 2023 23 Nov 202318 Nov 2023 Happy Thanksgiving. I hope you all have a lovely holiday. It is somewhat traditional to choose some particular thing to be thankful for, and there are many blessings in my…
Captian's Log 2023: Fourth of July 4 Jul 20231 Jul 2023 Happy Fourth of July. I've been thinking about RFK Jr.'s recent rise. Besides his vaccine opposition and criticism of "big pharma," positions for which I have sympathy, I find I'm…
Captian's Log 2023: Memorial Day 29 May 2023 Today we thank the fallen men who of the stars and stripes are listed in the colors three as red. No other types affect affections as these do who bled…
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 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 2022: Thanksgiving 24 Nov 202223 Nov 2022 As Thanksgiving approaches, I find a deep melancholy building in my chest like a rising tide. It is the admixture of many things: winter's gloom is taking its toll and…
Captian's Log 2022: Fourth of July 4 Jul 20222 Jul 2022 Happy Fourth of July. There's a great solemnity resting upon my heart as I consider this day. I have been amazed at the blessings coming from our judicial branch. I…
Captian's Log 2022: Memorial Day 30 May 2022 Remember then the fallen ones:for us they spent their lives,they faced the fierce and frightening gunsand widowed their own wives.Their children they have orphaned tooto save all of our sons.One…
Captian's Log 2021: The End 31 Dec 202131 Dec 2021 As the year ends and I glance over the triumphs and failures of this last cycle, I wonder how to correlate it. I see victories and defeats, but ask, overall,…
Captian's Log 2021: Merry Christmas 25 Dec 202121 Dec 2021 Merry Christmas! God chose to be. He is, in a sense, existence, but he also existed, he was and is and is to come. But here is Christmas when our…
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