Head Ransom

What if you had to write a poem to save your life? Could you do it? The Saga called “Egil’s Saga” tells how Egill SkallagrÃmsson, captured by Erik Bloodaxe and sentenced to death, wins his life by composing a poem praising Eric’s deeds in battle. Egill was a great Viking warrior and poet, who had […]
DREAMS

Thank god for dreams the good ones that is, for this night I dreamt of my father now passed, decades younger and full of life and smiles. We spoke of all things while he played in the beach sand with my young sons, and it was sad to wake, but these visits mean a […]
THE BROKEN AND THE BRAVE

Looking back to the time not so long ago in years lifetimes ago in emotion when all looked so bleak and death took the time to stare me in the face three times visiting me his eyes an empty abyss I should have been gone reduced to a memory a set picture in a […]
SATURDAY THOUGHTS

Here is a little news update from an island man, up in the middle of the north Atlantic. The claws of winter snow have lost their grip of the ground in the towns and cities, but keep a stranglehold on the mountains and hills. Even the Elves are starting to clean their backyards today. […]
STORY TOLD

No evening night can be better spent than enjoying a tale of love and gold if suspense can make a shocking dent through the words of a clever story told A.G. Munson