Cockles and Mussels and Molly Malone
‘Twas New Year’s morning I first saw, or rather heard, Molly Malone. My head was splitting after a raucous evening before, celebrated with some of my friends at a pub not far from Trinity College,…
Month: March 2022
The Tash Files – Chapter 33 – Glimfeather
My Dear Cataract, You must have been having quite a time watching all the delightful mourning and fear that has gripped the Enemy’s chosen country over the last few years. It came to a very…
The Fight Continues – Chapter 10 – A Traitor
It had been a week since the interrogation with Amaro and Seraphina hadn't seen him since. She couldn't face her former friend, so the general had let others handle the questioning with the Sith lord,…
Ten Knots Along a Cord
A trewe swinkere and a good was he, Lyvynge in pees and parfit charitee -Chaucer’s Prologue See the plowman walking home from the fields. He plods along with the pace of centuries. There is…
The Drama of Clay
This is the drama of clay And the passion of the flood Bread cast over the waters Breathed upon and broken Like God upon the ground Ugly as sin and sorrowing, Pure and pouring out…
Christ the Romantic: The Divine Wooing of Mankind
I’m often asked, ‘If it is indeed the case that Christ saves all of mankind, then what need is there in evangelizing?’ There are multiple issues with this question, only one of which I will…
The Great In-Breath
And so The great in-breath happens But I do not know How long I can keep inhaling Before my lungs burst With excitement Spring is nearly at her culmination When the Sun God’s advances…
The Tash Files – Chapter 32 – Trumpkin 2
My Dear Pyrrho, I bet that you think that you’re really special, don’t you? And, why not? After all, I only assigned you to your patient after you graduated from Temptation University. And it was…
The Fight Continues – Chapter 9 – Resurfaced Memories
Seraphina stared at the untouched bowl of red soup in front of her. She was dreading the afternoon. Today, she would have to interrogate Amaro. While she wanted to before, she was regretting it now.…
St. David’s Day
Ah March 1st! The wearing of the leek or daffodil or both if you prefer! What? No, wearing of the green is over on the other side of the Irish sea. March 1st is celebrated…