Pale Shadows and Seasons

February 4, 2026.Reading time 1 minute.

Pale shadows and seasons and leaves drift by
The slanting sun of February falls…
By Lawrence Hall

A Rotor-Tiller and the Feast of the Presentation

February 3, 2026.Reading time less than 1 minute.

By Lawrence “Mack in Texas” Hall … Names have not been restored, as Aslan says / Some are pleased to call this Ground-Hog Day / Although there are no ground hogs here / But the Presentation is everywhere and forever

Resolution for a New Year – or for a New Life, and Cuddled up with Cold Medicine and a Warm Dachshund

January 6, 2026.Reading time 1 minute.

By Mack in Texas
Perhaps dear old Puddleglum, who burnt his feet
When stamping out the fires of wickedness
Made a fine new year’s resolution with
“I’m going to live as like a Narnian as I can.”

Guardians Of Atlanta Episode 10 – The Legend of Stone Mountain Part 2

December 20, 2025.Reading time 28 minutes.

By Joshua David Ling … “O’er the hills and through the pain, / Where I will be Witch-Queen again, / I command and this body obeys, / Over the hills and gone always!”

Guardians Of Atlanta Episode 9 – The Legend of Stone Mountain Part 1

December 13, 2025.Reading time 30 minutes.

By Joshua David Ling … Over the last chapters of this story, / We saw heroes and heroines in fantastic glory. / From Cyrus the Cyclone, to Bobby the Magician. / To William the Knight, and Amira the bless’d twin…

First Snow

December 2, 2025.Reading time less than 1 minute.

By Sarah Losardo … Falling from grey skies / In big flakes, / Really coming down…

Guardians Of Atlanta Episode 8 – The Freakshow And The Eclipse

November 15, 2025.Reading time 38 minutes.

By Joshua David Ling … But I hear her evil calling me. / And I cannot turn away. / Save me please, oh Marlynn, my angel! / Please show me the way!

Guardians Of Atlanta Episode 7 – Mirror: The Blessed Twin

November 8, 2025.Reading time 62 minutes.

By Joshua David Ling … Three Knights stood in her room spread out, / One grabbed her mouth from behind. / She tried to fight back as best she could, / But this plan was perfectly designed. / She suddenly felt tired and looked down to see / A needle in her arm.

Negotiating Toilet Paper

November 4, 2025.Reading time 3 minutes.

By Lawrence “Mack in Texas” Hall … Dignity, like treaties, can be broken In many ways…

Guardians Of Atlanta Episode 6 – Crusader: Leader Of The Guardians

November 2, 2025.Reading time 37 minutes.

By Joshua David Ling … A purple mist filled the room as William grabbed his sword Knox. / He stood by the doorway, fully prepared,  because he had no locks.

So Fast Thou Growest

October 14, 2025.Reading time 9 minutes.

By Lawrence “Mack in Texas” Hall … Happy children playing in a roadside ditch / Barefoot and laughing in shorts and tees / A boy grabbing up a frog to frighten the girls/ A girl sloshing the boys with a bucket of muck

Appled Things

October 11, 2025.Reading time 1 minute.

By Michael Stalcup … Glory be to God for appled things

Because They Are Young

October 6, 2025.Reading time 2 minutes.

By Lawrence “Mack in Texas” Hall … Little children attend the school of Creation: / A stick, a caterpillar upon a leaf / A pine nut spiraling down upon its wing / A yellow butterfly dancing autumn in

Hobbit Day

September 23, 2025.Reading time less than 1 minute.

By Lawrence “Mack in Texas” Hall … I read that today is Hobbit Day / On the autumn equinox every year…

In a Better America

September 9, 2025.Reading time 1 minute.

By Lawrence “Mack in Texas” Hall … In a better America this would be the first day of school – / Labor Day is for swimming in the creek / For a sunburn, for a catfish spine in your heel / For sandwiches and sand and ants and fun

Failed Blessings

July 29, 2025.Reading time less than 1 minute.

By Samantha Terrell … I bless you with will and water, but / you thrash and writhe in its small spray.

Laundry Day – The Solemnity of All Stains

July 15, 2025.Reading time 1 minute.

By Lawrence “Mack in Texas” Hall … The washing machine baptizes our busy days: / A shirt freshly stained with this morning’s coffee / Wrinkledy tees in grimy greens and greys / A child’s blue jeans all sticky with toffee

Make Thee Another Self

June 17, 2025.Reading time 1 minute.

By Lawrence “Mack in Texas” Hall … After the Order of Saint Joseph, all men are fathers / Commanded by God to protect all children / Permitted by God to protect all children / Empowered by God to protect all children

Holy Smokes: Habemus Papem

May 20, 2025.Reading time 4 minutes.

By Lawrence “Mack in Texas” Hall … Latins and Sabines may have watched for smoke / From the Vatican Hill across the way / Wondering if a careless shepherd had set a fire / Beyond the Seven Hills of holy Rome

Shakespeare & Chinese Verse

April 22, 2025.Reading time 4 minutes.

By Lawrence “Mack in Texas” Hall … Dear Will, / About your obsession with mortality: / Transitions and death are essentials in life / And we must face the obsequies of ashes or earth / But there are other topics upon which to write