Randy | October 30, 2012
In my life I have spent countless hours alone in what many would refer to as “wilderness”; or “lonely” places. Some people are horrified, and those are the people who have never learned the difference between being lonely and being alone. Likewise, when someone hears that I just came back from a reclusive week in […]
Randy | October 29, 2012
“Lunenburg is an old town officially settled in 1753, and from such age is born much mystery and superstition. My father was a beneficiary of this and, with no disrespect to him, I will reveal that I came to know his faith in the old stories held more power in his life than anything his […]
Randy | October 28, 2012
“Russian Roulette is not the same without a gun, And baby when it’s love if it’s not rough it isn’t fun …” ~ Lady Gaga, Poker Face The sudden upswing in popularity of such books as Fifty Shades of Grey is at once unsurprising and inexplicable to me. Unsurprising because the dark side of desire […]
Randy | October 26, 2012
If you’ve ever considered suicide, or ever knew someone who has done it, know that this is not to trivialize. I have a lot more to say on this subject, but this is not the day. Suicide By LFM It’s said that one who kills himself Just takes the coward’s way. I’ll grant this Truth […]
Randy | October 24, 2012
A Choir of Crows By LFM Deep within a forest once I heard the strangest thing. What must have been a hundred Crows Had gathered there to sing. What some might find disturbing And offensive to the ear, I heard to be an ode of joy To all that Crows hold dear. Curious, I closer […]
Randy | October 22, 2012
This poem came to me as Mrs. LFM and I were walking on a gravel beach deep within the presently deserted wilderness wonderland that is Kejimkujik National Park. To quote one of my earlier articles, “The Park, locally referred to simply as ‘Keji’, encompasses a vast area that has been inhabited by the Mi’kmaq People […]
Randy | October 21, 2012
I’ve written a lot about the strength of character it takes to be worthy of being a Leader of animals. Most particularly Dogs, because Mrs. LFM and I … well, that’s how we roll. Regardless of species though, if you’ve ever had an animal in your life that gave you a trust you were worthy […]
Randy | October 17, 2012
Lately abbreviated to a trendy initialism – TEOTWAWKI – “The end of the world as we know it” is generally understood to be an extremely undesirable situation bringing about a catastrophically negative change in living conditions with no hope of ever getting back to the way things were. Events that would precipitate this, as well […]
Randy | October 17, 2012
Growing up, I was always ahead of my contemporaries in my skills with the written and spoken word. To my great fortune, that gift was recognized and cultivated by a succession of exceptional Teachers. While I can’t pin down the date beyond the certainty that I was still in elementary school, I remember a day […]
Randy | October 12, 2012
Back in the last century … I’m talking WAY back ’round about the autumn of 1975 … I was studying alchemy and arguments for and against the Earth being round, along with staying one step ahead of the Inquisition, at Nova Scotia’s prestigious Dalhousie University. Costly and time consuming as it was, most of what […]