“Then their keel carved water, they caught the wind,
And drove the deep water with Denmark behind them.
They hoisted high the wind-coat and held it with ropes,
Tight to the tall mast; their timbers creaked . . .
Foam-throated she flew, fleet like an arrow”
It Really is Okay to be White
Introduction: One begins to suspect that the folks down at Woka-Wola have been snorting coke again, doesn't one? Of course, if they have been, then there is really nothing unusual, right? ...
The Ship on the Strand
“The ship on the strand was seaworthy and wide,
Laden with riches, ring-prowed, riding at anchor”
In Which a Bowl of Potpourri Gets Knocked All Over the Carpet
Note: the topics addressed in the letters are really all over the place, and so I have done minimal work in trying to group them. I pretty much just have a title for every letter. If this is a problem ...
The Return
“These warriors came wending their way to the coast,
Brave-hearted and bold, bearing their armor . . .”
The Coming Collapse of Secular Man
Introduction to Truth: Pilate dared to ask his famous question—what is truth?—when the incarnate Truth had been arrested and was standing right there in front of him (John 18:38). Jesus had just ...
Sleep Secured
“That great guest slept under gables of gold,
And his sleep was sound, safety reigned in the hall”
Good Will All Around
Grief Came to Grind
“But fate twisted and turned on me, night terror beset us,
Grief came to grind us when Grendel arose
To harrow this hall, a hellish enemy”
As We All Know
“And a lackwit with no wisdom cannot weather a crisis”