Randy | September 3, 2026
Our first born Son, Viktor, turns 13 today. This pictorial essay offers insights into the ways, means, interests, talents, and accomplishments of our Man of the hour. I could certainly have gone on at length but chose instead to take the minimalist approach, offering these subtleties to those with eyes to see. Besides, I plan […]
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Randy | August 27, 2026
In my 2012 article, A Sabre’s Not For Rattling, I quoted Swordmaster Adam Crown by way of a passage from The Swordmaster’s Grimoire. For today’s purposes, here’s a specific snippet from that larger work: “… Your opponent won’t be giving you a multiple-choice quiz. But can you stand on guard, maintain your balance, line focus […]
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Randy | May 9, 2026
Some of you have been inclined to pining at my extended absence here in past weeks. I want you to know that I appreciate the pearl clutching with all the seriousness it deserves, and would never trivialize it as but a mass case of the Tulip Time Vapours. In Truth, my Family and Professional Duties […]
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Randy | February 11, 2026
In maintaining life on the other side of the Thin Veneer, only True Tools, both the hard (technology) and the soft (skills), are carried. Which ones will depend on the environment, the job, the doer of it, alone or in company, and what interval of time and space will inform readiness for “self-rescue”, a now […]
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Randy | January 24, 2026
The blade is but the tooth and claw That Nature never gave, So Man no longer hides in trees, Nor cowers in a cave. Why scrabble for what lives beneath The rocks and rotting logs? Take blade, go forth with Comrades bold, And Trusty Hunting Dogs! ~ Tooth and Claw ~ (Excerpt) If you’ve ever […]
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Randy | December 24, 2025
My Esteemed Friend Jim Keating recently made a profound utterance in the matter of prevailing flaccid, and annually recurring, expressions of what’s branded to be in the “Spirit” of the “Season”, saying in part … “… How about songs, words, images which convey strength, power, confidence and faith in this time of Yule? Why not […]
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Randy | December 21, 2025
The Wild Hunt rode early this year, as its constituents bear full title to do, shredding the tops of the Hemlocks in my range throughout Friday night into Saturday afternoon, and joyously reintroducing a significant part of the local population to what “rural” living really means. The Solstice occurred at 11:03 Atlantic time today, from […]
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Randy | December 6, 2025
“In this age of divided loyalties and unending crisis, some cower. Some assert themselves from the perceived safety of throngs screaming a common slogan understood differently by each throat and hearing ear. Some look to a saviour. Still others understand that if there is a saviour, in the hour of need it’s going to have […]
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Randy | November 17, 2025
“Everything in Nature is about efficiency and balance, which is why life is, first and foremost, an exercise in energy management. For example, the Way of the Wild demands of each parent that their offspring be made self-sufficient as quickly and efficiently as possible. A tool need not be a physical artifact – rest assured […]
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Randy | September 20, 2025
“Musashi quite wisely said, ‘Do nothing which is of no use,’ and with that in mind, I prefer a return to first principles — the safety of an enterprise MUST have no bearing on the worthiness of its pursuit. Only upon the manner of its execution. Even then, this will be governed on a sliding scale […]
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