Hephaestus is the Greek god of fire, metalworking, blacksmiths, and the forge. In Greek mythology,...
The Journey of The Magi – A modern Christmas Tale
A cold coming we had of it,
Just the worst time of the year
For a journey, and such a long journey:
The ways deep and the weather sharp …
A Rose has thorns as well as honey
A rose has thorns as well as honey, I’ll not have her for love or money; ….
Drugs and Death. The opioid crisis.
1 in Every 39 Americans Will Die of a Drug Overdose at Current Rate Overview Despite the...
To the Miscodeed
To the Miscodeed Sweet pink of northern wood and glen, E’er first to greet the eyes of men In...
Old Age
In me is a little painted square
Bordered by old shops, with gaudy awnings.
The Palace Burner
Sarah Morgan Bryan Piatt A picture in a newspaper She has been burning palaces. “To see The sparks look pretty in the wind?” Well, yes— And something more. But women brave as she Leave much for...
H.L.Mencken
"The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary." "As democracy is perfected, the office of the president represents, more and...
Imagination overpowers reason every time. Blaise Pascal
Humans are deeply prone to error and deception. But sometimes they don’t always get it wrong or intend to deceive, which makes them even trickier: they’re not even consistent in their inconsistencies. These statements apply even more to the wise than to the foolish,...
Canada Day with John Diefenbaker and “Old Tomorrow”
“I am a Canadian, a free Canadian, free to speak without fear, free to worship God in my own way, free to stand for what I think right, free to oppose what I believe wrong, free to choose those who shall govern my country. This heritage of freedom I pledge to uphold for myself and all mankind.”
Malachi 4:6 KJV
“For, behold, the day cometh, that shall burn as an oven; and all the proud, yea, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble: and the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith the Lord of hosts, that it shall leave them neither root nor branch.”