1,265 Articles 3 Followers
26 Sep 2022 7 minute read 0 comments Diomedes
That day they veered south towards the highway. The next point on Jonathan’s list was adjacent to the road. It’d been a larger town along the way which he knew would be demolished by now. But he was hoping to see its remnants and two tall...
25 Sep 2022 8 minute read 0 comments Diomedes
Robinson Crusoe They continued their trip west at a quick pace, stopping each night at one of the stations along the way. It was now mid-winter and they heard reports of snow blocking the highway further west. So they lingered in the s...
24 Sep 2022 7 minute read 0 comments Diomedes
But despite this intravenous crisis, the wheels of bureaucracy still ground and groaned, trying hard to maintain a semblance of normality and order. Early the next morning Jonathan was again summoned before the board and without further ques...
23 Sep 2022 5 minute read 0 comments Diomedes
On the day before their departure Jonathan was allowed to take his disciples on a walking tour of the city of White Syd. Its workhouses and glasshouses were as impressive as any he’d seen and his wide-eyed followers drank in the sights and a...
23 Sep 2022 8 minute read 0 comments Diomedes
It wasn’t long after these discoveries that he began his school of bookmaking. At one end of the long cabin he made a slanted table with tall stools, a scriptorium where three could sit together and copy out the contents of a wax tablet set...
23 Sep 2022 6 minute read 0 comments Diomedes
They arrived on the evening of the second day, to the warm welcome of the four that had stayed behind. The old priest was lodged in the new cabin and the next morning was given a grand tour of the site, with Jonathan at his side and the six...
22 Sep 2022 6 minute read 0 comments Diomedes
But they were just as glad, being young, to arrive in town again and greet their families. They were happier still to communicate the first inklings of this new spirit and freedom with their friends. They weren’t yet clear in their explanat...
21 Sep 2022 8 minute read 0 comments Diomedes
At this point Jonathan paused in writing his narrative. He noticed that the last few lines were lighter than the others and realized with a start that his pen was running out of ink. "Oh what a fool I am" he said to himself, loudly. "H...
21 Sep 2022 11 minute read 0 comments Diomedes
Meanwhile our bellicose Marshall had found his battle and a bloody one at that. While I was in the north he’d taken his army to the old city of Detroit. There he found an armed and hostile camp that wouldn’t even speak with our Church. The...
21 Sep 2022 19 minute read 0 comments forstersphilosophy
Preparing for Friday night down the pub and something was in the air today that made me sure it was going to be a good day. The British sun was out so if there could ever be a day for pigs to fly this would be it. This wasn’t any ordinary Friday nigh...
