Captian's Log A Retrospective on Scooby-Doo 31 Oct 2026 Happy Halloween! Well, as happy as it can be. I admit, I'm not feeling my best. I've been sick for most of October. Doctor gave me a new inhaler yesterday,…
Captian's Log Gym Update: Seeking Health 28 Sep 202628 Sep 2026 I went back to the gym last Saturday. It's been a while. It wasn't even mostly for health, at least not physical health. I just couldn't focus on the writing…
Captian's Log Autumnal Shower 14 Sep 2026 Feeling sick today. Brain clogged. Can't think clearly. Haiku simple, easy, probably not good: Autumnal showerdust scented air of promiselonging beyond words Please bear with me. I've been sick a…
Captian's Log Sleep 15 Jul 202610 Jul 2026 Sweet light, shining through my window, what glorious day do you come to preach? Alas, I am sick, I cough and I cough and I sleep. Such deep and mighty…
Captian's Log Hay Fever Prayer 24 Jun 2026 The fire glowed in its meagre little way, more an ember than a flame, and by its light I wrote the words; my wild thoughts there tried to tame. What…
Captian's Log Crow + Mirror 31 May 202630 May 2026 Still feeling real sick. Got another round of antibiotics. Hopefully this does the trick. Here's a very short piece: And when you touched my soul, it burst,a thousand shards of…
Captian's Log Life: Sick and Tired 26 May 2026 I have been sick the last few days. There seems a sort of poetic aspect to it all. You see, I'm also about to get laid off. I got sick…
Captian's Log Beyond 24 Mar 202618 Mar 2026 Written the morning before returning to work after being sick: Beyond the fever, beyond the dream,beyond death's cold and bitter gleam,beyond the shadows, beyond the night,beyond all this, I see…
Captian's Log Tea 21 Mar 202614 Mar 2026 Home sick on a beautiful day. I want to run and leap in the sun, it's been raining so long, but I can't breathe. A pot of tea, I try…
Captian's Log Happy St. Patrick’s Day (A Haiku) 17 Mar 2026 Saint Patrick's Day, but—evergreens black under fog—cold so slowly lifts I have caught a cold going around at work. Feeling a little better every day. Read an article on Substack…
