Randy | March 15, 2020
“Some years ago, in 1936, I had to write to a very dear and honored friend of mine, who has since died, Sir Austen Chamberlain, brother of the present Prime Minister, and I concluded my letter with a rather banal remark ‘that we were living in an interesting age’. Evidently he read the whole letter, […]
Randy | March 7, 2020
“EDC is a current era initialism for “Every Day Carry”. As used in the common vernacular, and at its most basic, it unsurprisingly refers to accoutrements and items of equipment and associated accessories an individual may find it necessary, be called upon, or simply want, to carry daily — spectacles, wallet, watch, keys, mobile phone, […]
Randy | March 1, 2020
EDC is a current era initialism for “Every Day Carry”. As used in the common vernacular, and at its most basic, it unsurprisingly refers to accoutrements and items of equipment and associated accessories an individual may find it necessary, be called upon, or simply want, to carry daily — spectacles, wallet, watch, keys, mobile phone, […]
Randy | February 23, 2020
Literature is effervescent with the weaponry of Heroism, binding the bearer to the facing of perils unimaginable to the mere mortal he or she subsisted as before the day of chosenness. With this endowment comes a sacred duty to right ancient wrongs and rid the world of the darkest evils in a fight unto death, […]
Randy | February 17, 2020
On the day I graduated from high school in 1975, my plans for postsecondary education were directed toward a career in Aerospace Engineering. It would be four years before I came to realize how the end of hostilities in a conflict half a world away had changed all that before it even left the […]
Randy | February 2, 2020
So here we stand, Goode Reader, at a point from which to reflect upon what happened to bring us here. For this to make any kind of sense demands that you must have first read each of the previous five episodes, so on the chance your first landing here is this article today, links to […]
Randy | January 25, 2020
To say I was frustrated at the sheer bullshittery of discovering my radio battery dead would be an understatement of monumental proportions. Literally overnight, the situation had morphed into a bag of shit to hold. The reaction of the rest of the party when I delivered the latest situation report was predictable, ranging from acceptance […]
Randy | January 24, 2020
There’s an old joke that goes: Q — “What do you tell a man with two black eyes?” A — “Nothing. He’s already been told twice.” There are some who might say that after what happened on my last trip, what you’re about to read should have come as no surprise. As aforesaid, I first […]
Randy | January 21, 2020
As with all things born of youth, over time, expeditions to Covey Island fell progressively more under the thrall of life realities afflicting their participants, and so became sporadic overall, with some occurring in my own absence. I can no longer recall how much time lay between the events described in our last chapter and […]
Randy | January 20, 2020
“For this to be experienced I needed to be exactly where and when I was. So simple and yet so profound.” ~ Moments of Magick Welcome back Goode Reader, to this second chapter in my chronicles of camping trips spanning 20 odd years, some more odd than others, to Covey Island, Nova Scotia. The first […]