Dark Sentiments 2014 – Day 1: Welcome Back

| October 1, 2014

“Welcome, Dear Reader, to yet another season of Dark Sentiments; being our traditional 31 October days of musings, revelations, exposé, poetry, literature, visual arts, and myriad dark expressions of the Human spirit, all chosen from the sort most in the world have spent the past year trying desperately to avoid, or pretend into nonexistence.” ~ […]

When Zip Met John

| September 20, 2014

“If violent crime is to be curbed, it is only the intended victim who can do it.  The felon does not fear the police, and he fears neither judge nor jury.  Therefore what he must be taught to fear is his victim.” ~ Jeff Cooper, Principles of Personal Defense If you hang out here, you […]

Outlander (TV Series): A Ripping Yarn but the Theme Needs a Rewrite

| September 14, 2014

Mrs. LFM and I have been watching the new television series Outlander based on the literary series by Diana Gabaldon. If you’re one of the three people left in the television watching world who haven’t heard of it, and according to Starz that produces it, Outlander the TV series, “Follows the story of Claire Randall, a […]

Happy Birthday Mrs. Secord

| September 13, 2014

“The distance to the outpost by direct road was 12 miles but Laura feared she would encounter American guards that way and chose a roundabout route. She went first to St Davids where she was joined by her niece, Elizabeth Secord, and then to Shipman’s Corners (St Catharines). Elizabeth became exhausted and Laura continued alone, […]

The Centipedes

| August 30, 2014

Inspiration can strike anywhere at any time, and this is why I go nowhere without a way of quickly recording those transient thoughts that often turn into what you read here. My trusty and decidedly olde school field notebook is never far away, and when Mrs. LFM is with me, she is ever ready to […]

The Blacksmith’s Son

| August 16, 2014

The Blacksmith’s Son By LFM The Blacksmith’s Son arose one night From dreams of dark desire. He set the smithy lamps alight, And stoked the forging fire. He worked the bellows carefully, He tended every coal, Until each matched his passion, And the flame that seared his soul. When forge and passion burned the same […]

Daisy Dominatrix

| July 20, 2014

This poem is intended for mature audiences. If the title hasn’t scared you off then read on and take the consequences. Daisy Dominatrix By LFM Daisy hit the Yukon after three months on the trail. She would’ve got there sooner but for “days off” spent in jail. She sold her ass at every stop to […]

Canada Day 2014

| July 1, 2014

Today is Canada Day here in the Great White North, and as such offers me yet another opportunity to educate the world in the history of the nation. I’m even more inspired to invoke the Truth because this year marks Mrs. LFM’s induction as a Canadian citizen, and my exposure to the government supplied knowledge […]

Growing Your Own

| June 23, 2014

I have gone on record here many times as having a propensity to fuck with people, particularly when it comes to the Lore of the Great White North. Here is yet another example. I once had cause to drive with a passenger from Miami, Florida to Lunenburg, Nova Scotia. You may recall that I have […]

More Rusty Cage

| May 16, 2014

Here’s a little entertainment to give you a send through the rest of this Friday. Whatever your flavour of spiritual philosophy that explains your place in the Universe, assuming you have any such thing, this uplifting little ditty by Rusty Cage (“Where the occult meets folk.”) offers a toe tapping go it alone approach that’s […]