Captian's Log Hear the Call 1 Feb 202624 Jan 2026 So soft the sound which playsso light the tune I hearso strange the dream I dreamedso odd the vision here. I know I knew but what I knowI cannot now…
Captian's Log Where Is the Cat!? 31 Jan 202624 Jan 2026 How soft he treads the snowHis padded feet without a soundNo one sees now where he goesbut fear he is around. The tiger's whitethe snow is brightwind in your ear—howls…
Captian's Log Dreaming Danger 24 Jan 202619 Jan 2026 So sang the harpist as he strummed so sang that merry imp. Unto the spell, quick to succumb, and that's why he must limp. Dream not in groves enchanted so,…
Captian's Log Cassilda’s Song 18 Jan 202610 Jan 2026 "Song of my soul, my voice is dead," sings Cassilda, and I feel those words. So much time has been lost, weeks now, to this sickness. I cannot write, cannot…
Captian's Log Bleeding 8 Jan 20263 Jan 2026 I'm bleeding out, out in space—I flail, no gravity, no grace.My life is racing through my suit.Red globs circle, bright as fruit. Dizzy now, it's growing dim.Things are looking rather…
Captian's Log The Sower 27 Dec 202526 Dec 2025 So silent is the weary kingwho throneless stands, though sufferingsuch weight that many might be bowed;yet still he stands, for he has vowedto be the man that his men need.…
Captian's Log Christmas 2025 25 Dec 202524 Dec 2025 Merry Christmas, what a phrase, those magic words do heal. As though I walked within a daze—stark sanity—I kneel. Merry Christmas, Christ is born,the savior of my soul. And though…
Captian's Log Prayer in Pneumonia 20 Dec 202513 Dec 2025 There shines the first light of the nightOne bright spot in the pale blue skyI'll make a wish, if it's alrightLord help, I feel like I'm going to die. I'm…
Captian's Log Finished Phantastes 19 Dec 202513 Dec 2025 I recently finished reading, after a very long hiatus, Phantastes by George Macdonald. It was not, for my tastes, the best. The long break corresponded to the point where I…
Captian's Log Where We Bled 9 Dec 20258 Dec 2025 My hand reached out, but you wouldn't shake.And with me peace you wouldn't makeand so it's come, our arms we take.Your sword is swift, and mine is fast.Your step is…
