Captian's Log A Rock of Happiness Submerged in Tears 20 Jul 202519 Jul 2025 How happy I am today. It is no fiery thing, no explosion, but a solid block, a faithful thing, I find inside my heart. It leaves room for tears and…
Captian's Log A Spider on My Windowsill 13 Jun 20247 Jun 2024 A spider on my windowsill,her art, stretched in the sun:aglimmer, the colors fill;the wind flaps what she spun.O little spider in the glass,what dreams have brought you here?O little weaver,…
Captian's Log Meditation on Passivity 30 May 202428 May 2024 I was thinking about passivity the other day in my prayers, and it seemed to me that there were two ways in which one might be passive. There is a…
Captian's Log Meditations by the Sea 28 Mar 2023 When I gaze upon the ocean and the troubled sky and wish I'd skill to set it down, preserve the infinite in some finite oils—but that was not my way,…
Captian's Log Dreams of the Beach 20 Jul 2022 The white waves of the sea threw themselves onto the shore with a somewhat desperate air. The tide was receding, and the ocean kept sending its cold hands up the…
Captian's Log Seeing 16 May 201916 May 2019 The pool reflected darkness, and dreams were found therein. Meditating by the unmoving waters, I searched its center: A wolf cub at his mother’s teat, warm in her inviting fir;…