I did a door to door sales internship when I was in college. Yeah, I’m one of those guys. FOR FIVE YEARS! Weird, I know. Some would even say foolish. I initially did it to get out of my home town and pay my way through college, but I stayed because it pushed me to […]

A video has a beautiful ability to capture the hearts of those that watch it. I’ve never had the ability, or the time needed, to film, edit and produce a great video. But I’ve felt it. We had one created by one of our contributors that loves what she does and loves our message.  A […]

I’m writing this on a Thursday, and I have hockey tonight. Every winter we play on Tuesdays, and every summer we play on Thursdays. We’ve won 5 championships now in the 3 years I’ve been back home in Port Huron, Michigan where I grew up. A county that’s produced a handful of NHL players, so […]

…that I think changed the course of my life. I’ve been in one of my stress ball funks lately. My dad even said “son, I worry about you” for the first time in what feels like forever. And I can see where he’s coming from. I work from 8-7 most days, with small breaks to […]

Year 277 Outpost in Thornerie Desert 25 miles south of the Coliseum  Kal awoke to a light in her face. An odd siren raged nearby. Her fox-beast, Gella, scratched her stomach as it scrambled for cover under her bedsheets. Its sharp claws tore skin and she sat up screaming.  The lantern shifted and she saw […]

Year 210  Main City and surrounding territory “Tell me the good news, Abi.”  The lanky man braced himself. “Here is the topography report, ser,” Abi said.  Rishad Bachan did not take the folder of documents. Instead, he stared out a dusty, muntinned window at a derelict quarry. A carving of the Bachan family crest hung […]

Year 263 First Camp “Indi!”  Indi Joharis was glad to be back on solid ground. So glad in fact, that she was down on dirtied knees, rooting around in the spongy, old-growth forest loam. She observed a nest of fibers intertwined amongst the wooden cables of the douglas firs’ root network. Isolating a long, white […]

To be read in conjunction with Book 1: “Joan’s Calling” in the Tales of Bastunia series. His mother didn’t come home again.  That made five nights in a row. There was no sign that she had come home in the daytime while he was at school, either. The pantry was empty. The ice box had […]