Chapter 167: A merchant has no country
“If the highest aim of a captain were to preserve his ship, he would keep it in port forever.”
Thomas Aquinas.
They gave one another a wide berth as they left the ...
2023-03-04 02:30:39 +0000 UTC View Post
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Chapter 166: Clash of Captains
“The hallmark of a great captain is the ability to win the toss at the right time.”
Richie Benaud
Through fate or fortune Captain Mercurio and Kashif had arrived o...
2023-02-25 23:42:07 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 165: Training Warm up
“Success isn’t always about greatness. It’s about consistency. Consistent hard work gains success. Greatness will come.”
The Rock
“97, 98, 99, 100” I finis...
2023-02-21 01:31:18 +0000 UTC View PostConcussion
So I am working on the next two chapters but slightly delayed by trip to A&E this week.
Had a dizzy spell/fainted in bathroom and put a small hole in the back of my head when it hit the w...
2023-02-19 20:32:25 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 164: A year later
“It’s better to live as you will want to have lived, rather than spend your time worrying about the end. You are right here in your story. Don’t skip ahead.”
S.D. Smith 2023-02-12 23:33:46 +0000 UTC View Post
Chapter 163: United Front
“We are only as strong as we are united, as weak as we are divided.”
J.K. Rowling
I awoke to face a united front from my elders. The most surprising fact was that ...
2023-02-12 01:19:04 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 162: Ethical dilemmas
“If slavery is not wrong, nothing is wrong.”
Abraham Lincoln
Eventually after much argument over costs, prices and quantities Captain Kashif and Aleera with the su...
2023-02-11 00:22:51 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 161: Equivalent exchange
“Humankind cannot gain something without first giving something in return. To obtain, something of equal value must be lost.”
Hiromu Arakawa
Captain Kashif had mad...
2023-02-10 11:05:54 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 160: Legalised Theft
“Slavery is theft – theft of a life, theft of work, theft of any property or produce, theft even of the children a slave might have borne.”
Kevin Bates
Captain...
2023-02-06 23:49:25 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 159: Fight or flight
“Life is a long preparation for something that never happens.”
W.B. Yeats
Our baseline assessment went much the same as last time. It was kind of like going up a g...
2023-01-29 17:53:09 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 158: Disappointments
“We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope.”
Martin Luther King. Jr.
“We accept.”
Two little words, but made a world of differen...
2023-01-29 02:27:56 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 157: Standoff
“Men in general judge more by the sense of sight than by the sense of touch, because everyone can see but few can test by feeling. Everyone sees what you seem to be, few know what you really ...
2023-01-24 23:06:08 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 156: A New arrival continued.
(added a little more to the chapter what do you think?)
Aleera and I were at the town market when the bell suddenly rang. It took a second for us to understand what we were hearing. Although...
Chapter 155: New Arrival
“Make new friends, but keep the old; Those are silver, these are gold.”
Joseph Parry
New POV
This was the back end of beyond. He honestly didn’t know why h...
2023-01-20 23:27:31 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 154: Moving forward
“If you can’t fly then run, if you can’t run then walk, if you can’t walk then crawl but whatever you do you have to keep moving forward.”
Martin Luther King JR 2023-01-15 15:56:48 +0000 UTC View Post
Chapter 153: Life goes on
“Change is inevitable. Growth is optional.”
John C. Maxwell
Day of departure - Clergy
“Are you sure you will be alright with only Sir Manil to guard you?...
2023-01-12 16:43:55 +0000 UTC View PostNot a chapter
Unfortunately, not a chapter, I seem to be having a bit of a relapse with the coughing after finally kicking it last week. Probably the stress of trying to organise Christmas and visiting family. 2022-12-25 20:39:18 +0000 UTC View Post
Chapter 152: Sooner or later
“Sooner or later, everyone sits down to a banquet of consequences.”
Robert Louis Stevenson
“Kai!” shouted mother after us. “Get back here.” She hollered as...
2022-12-22 06:59:24 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 151: A lesson in forgiveness
“Forgiveness is not weak. It takes courage to face and overcome powerful emotions.”
Desmond Tutu
“How are you feeling old man?” I commiserated. We were all fee...
2022-12-20 16:37:28 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 150: A lesson in lineage
"Those who fail to learn the lessons of history are doomed to repeat it."
George Santayana
“Well, how else do you think we arrived on the island?” He replied rheto...
2022-12-19 21:05:13 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 149: Fortification
“Add each day something to fortify you against poverty and death.”
Seneca the elder
We had been working on improving our foundations, growing our wealth and buildi...
2022-12-19 00:55:25 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 148: Home sweet home
“The magic thing about home is that it feels good to leave, and it feels even better to come back.”
Wendy Wunder
It had been a long day. It was nice to finally be ...
2022-12-18 00:00:20 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 147: New metiers for everyone
“The secret of change is to focus all your energy not of fighting the old, but building the new.”
Socrates
Change had come to the little Town of Wester in more way...
2022-12-16 23:06:28 +0000 UTC View PostCovid delay
For the third time I have caught Covid this year (spring summer and winter) only this time wife and 1 year old son have it too.
Basically I’m wiped and this is slowing down the writing proc...
2022-12-13 20:39:47 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 146: On our way home
“We make a lot of detours but we’re always heading for the same destination.”
Paulo Coelho
Eventually, we collected a mana core or gemstone from each of the mons...
2022-12-10 00:01:16 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 145: No longer hiding
“I’m tired of hiding in the shadows. It’s time to be free. It’s time to show the real me. If you don't like me, that's your opinion. I am unique. I am me.”
Mask 2022-12-03 00:58:08 +0000 UTC View Post
December posting schedule
Big thank you to everyone who has supported me during November.
This is the schedule for December.
Today's post will be posted as soon as I can get it finished. It is probably going to ...
2022-11-30 21:00:40 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 144: A merry chase
“And I will lead them on a merry chase.”
Inception/Looper
I was flying! I’d managed to fall with style before but now I was no longer falling which was just a li...
2022-11-27 13:10:57 +0000 UTC View PostWhen running a little behind throw up some art.
So . . . the drive shaft snapped on me yesterday while driving. Luckily everyone was safe. The car is now at the garage but will be without one for the next week while it is hopefully fixed. This p...
2022-11-26 10:38:51 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 143: Creatures of the deep
“You shall sail the iron ship with warriors of bone,
You shall find what you seek and make it own,
But despair for your life entombed within stone 2022-11-23 23:45:00 +0000 UTC View Post