Dark Sentiments 2014 – Day 2: A Fairy Tale

| October 2, 2014

Fairy Tales, as they were originally written, weren’t the saccharine offal children who don’t belong to Mrs. LFM and me, or a few notable Friends, grew up with. They were intended to convey valuable life lessons to the offspring of people who lived a lot closer to reality than most in the so called “first […]

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 […]

Lost Heads – By Every Definition (Part 1 of 2)

| July 23, 2014

The picture at left is of a new in the package Coghlan’s Brand machete, available as I type from the outdoor sports and leisure section of your nearest Canadian Tire store for $14.99 before tax. It’s posted here merely to illustrate that the machete is an inexpensive and easily acquired item of equipment pretty much […]

The Forest of Truth

| July 19, 2014

I am favoured in that I have the honour of knowing a precious few who live their lives on the Warrior Path. Some of those would be surprised to learn that I view them that way. To speak of the Warrior Path is to conjure images of life and death. Of strife and struggle. Of […]

Blow the Tattoo Off o’ Your Arm

| July 4, 2014

As I write this, the first named storm of the 2014 season, Hurricane Arthur, is shedding energy as it churns straight toward Nova Scotia with a load of wind and wet for the weekend. Speaking as a Man with a hand dug well, I like me some wet; and as one who lives in a […]

Musings on Mindfulness

| June 1, 2014

Spirit Messengers. The term conjures images of animals sent by a higher power to offer guidance toward the right Path. A Google search will turn up reams of pages identifying the characteristics of each creature, along with its “meaning” should it choose to make itself seen to you under a variety of circumstances. As with […]

Let’s Tie Up Some Not So Loose Threads – Part 2 of 2

| May 25, 2014

I personally espouse and teach what I hold to be the necessity of being as self-sufficient and savvy as one can possibly be in seeing to the welfare of you and yours. I believe in community and lending a hand in defense of those who can’t help themselves, and in knowing how to recognize evil […]

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 […]

RAF 303 Polish Fighter Squadron

| May 3, 2014

Bloody Foreigners is the name of a four part series that aired on British television beginning in 2010. It tells the story of how pivotal events in British history were brought to a successful conclusion in no small part through the efforts of non-British people. The series title alone spoke to me because I am […]