Captian's Log From the Archives: Going in Circles 11 Dec 202210 Dec 2022 Feeling sick. Here's something I wrote for The Story Club. I have a fifteen year old dog. She's aging "gracefully" according to the veterinarians, but there's one sign of her…
Captian's Log Ghost of Cain 7 Dec 2022 I have been in one fight in my life, one real fight. I've been in martial arts since twelve or so; I've sparred quite a bit, but that's just play,…
Captian's Log Stopped by the River 28 Nov 2022 Visited my home state of Oregon. Stopped by the river today. Oregon is the most beautiful place I know of. Here two streams meet. Don't know their names. Had to…
Captian's Log Life and Death 20 Nov 202219 Nov 2022 The dead are dead, but the living are dying. Life is inescapably change. Unchangingly change, we might allow with a wink. Life is waking and sleeping, eating and shitting, and…
Captian's Log The End of Irytor 15 Nov 2022 His hands were sore; his very fingers ached. With a sigh, he got up from his desk, crossing the small attic space and wandering toward the window. His hero, Irytor,…
Captian's Log America? 6 Nov 20225 Nov 2022 I heard myself thinking to myself, "Maybe you're right, but I have no faith in America." Some of you may roll your eyes at this. What is more out of…
Captian's Log Forget 15 Oct 2022 So, a friend of mine on twitter gave me a "Would you rather…" scenario, and I found it very insightful, partially because I knew my answer immediately, and partially because…
Captian's Log …And Vampires 14 Oct 2022 Why do I love vampires? Is it just that I read Dracula when I was young and impressionable? Well, that love, however it began, has not ended there: a few…
Captian's Log Desert Mountain 13 Oct 2022 Water! A drop of rain. Just the sound of a creek in this desolate mountain. Dust! Dust is all around. I have no air but what's filled with this swirling…
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