The end of the growing season has come, the beginning of a new season begun. Celebrate life in its splendor. Prepare for the cold to come. Build the bonfires high. Sing and dance and love. Remember those who have gone[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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You can tell what leaders are like by looking at the people who have followed them for years. You see, clever and nice words sound good in the moment, and lots of people join a group because they like what[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I was born with the sum total knowledge of over two thousand years of my family’s history. I remember the fall of Albion with the same perfect clarity as I remember the lake we swam in this morning. There is[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I grew up on Minnesota Nice, where if you can’t say something good, you just don’t say anything at all. It’s a good idea, and works a lot more often than New Yorkers might think. You see we tend to[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
We all need to know what we want in life. If we just go through life, hoping something good will happen, we will always be hoping and very rarely receiving. If we plan and pursue that plan, if we enjoy[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I’ve been a lot of places in my life. I grew up in the Boundary Waters, about as far away from a city as you can get in America. I’ve watched the New Year’s ball drop in Times Square. And[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I’ll never forget the first time I stepped on a Peloran warship. It was like returning to a home I’d never been to. I was born on Terra but I was Peloran. It was real confusing back then. We’ve figured[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Some people tell you what the truth is. I tell you to question them. You see, they always have a reason for wanting you to believe that truth. The question you have to answer is whether or not they want[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Life is the ultimate challenge. It drives us, it guides us, it shapes us. It heats us with pain, it molds us with strong hands, and it helps us find our limits. Without it, we could never learn what we[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
We all have a ship. The thing, when it comes in, that will change our lives. All of our ships are different. It may be money for one, a college degree for another. If we really want to change our[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…