Captian's Log Whither 4 Dec 202529 Nov 2025 A fresh wave washed over my head, and in that moment, blind and confused, I let the rising tide take me whither it would. The waters lifted me up, and…
Captian's Log The Matrix of What’s Not 25 Sep 202520 Sep 2025 Neither the future nor the past is any indication of the matrix of what's not, this precious shadow of the now. So many things, so much more than we can…
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 The Treasure of Drough 13 Dec 2024 Beneath the silent sea of Drough, a hidden treasure lies,and in the bleak murk of its bed, each treasure hunter dies. I sailed the darkness of the sea and heard…
Captian's Log And White Were the Waves 1 May 2024 Rocked away into unbidden sleep by the growing waves of the coming storm, a horrible blackness overtakes me, black like the sea; I sunk into her depths. ~ Swung as…
Captian's Log And Black Was the Sea 30 Apr 20241 May 2024 "We create our own hells," he said, his pale eyes staring unblinkingly out at the rolling, depths. An inky blackness was the ocean, waves tipped white with foam, and our…
Captian's Log Repose 3 Feb 2024 It is silent in the library. I decided to treat myself to a little daycation on account of the extraordinarily good weather this week and because of receiving a raise.…
Captian's Log Sink or Swim 1 Feb 202427 Jan 2024 "There's a chance we make it out alive," I said, staring up through the bars. The sun was rising, and a lone seagull squawked as it flew overhead. My heart…
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 Day Off 2 Jan 2023 It's a bit gloomy where I'm at today. The morning was cloudy but brilliant with rich, heartrending color; it has all given way to a grey, winter's fog. I love…
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