I am a lighthouse
Shining for the lost
Easy to find if you’re looking

I am a lighthouse
Shining for the lost
Easy to find if you’re looking
These parts of the holiday that have so much significance to me, that are so important to me, were never about religion. They’re about family, about festiveness, about finding something beautiful and bright during a dark time.
More old school work! This one was for structured essays, specifically hermit crab essays. For those of you whose lives… Read more Thank you for coming to my TED talk
Just calling myself an agnostic or a non-believer or a non-Christian does not convey my experience of this journey the way calling myself an apostate does. I was baptized. I grew up going to church in your Sunday best. I was in every weird Christmas pageant. I sang in the choir during the Christmas cantata every year once I was old enough for them to let me. I was a wise man and a shepherd in the live nativity on different years. I believed, whole heartedly, until I did not.
So, I was digging through old school papers trying to find an essay I had written, and came across this… Read more Relating to Winter
Hello, dear readers! Did you miss me? I missed you! In all seriousness, I had a bit of a hiccup,… Read more MerMay, kinda #19
So, this one is a little short, but that happens sometimes. I spent a long time debating over how explicit… Read more MerMay, kinda #18
“Do you know any sea shanties,” Rilla asked after a moment, quite out of left field.
Marius blinked in surprise, then smiled. “Of course. I’d be a poor sailor if I didn’t. Though, admittedly, that’s more because I like history. They weren’t really a thing by the time I sailed.”
“True, 19th century sailors were the best source for shanties,” Rilla said with a smile. They had wandered out to the end of a pier near the aquarium, looking out over the dark water, the sun long set. “So could you sing one?”
So, I forgot to finish scheduling this. Oops! But it’s still up today, so it counts, right? Right. Good, I’m… Read more MerMay, kinda #16
And the new material begins! There will almost undoubtedly be some stylistic changes, considering that the original manuscript was started… Read more MerMay, kinda #15