Damage Control
It has been over a month since I posted. Apologies to loyal readers expecting their weekly tot. It has simply been too difficult to…
YankeeJock
Navigating faith, family & freedom, across the Atlantic.
YankeeJock
Navigating faith, family & freedom, across the Atlantic.
Category Discipline
Half Mast
Monarchy, Mortality, and Morality. I never met The Queen. Neither did most of you. But I’m willing to bet that every single one of…
Red Alert
Threat detection, empiricism, relativism, and authority. It’s been a busy old week! Since joining my ship on Wednesday I’ve had nine arrivals and departures,…
Billy Gates, the Passenger
A short piece on the portability of principles, instinct and having enough certainty to become your own ‘authority’. Has being ‘unvaccinated’ (i.e. normal until…
Village Fate
What does it mean to believe in fate? Why bother with the ‘Christian Label’? We Merchant Sailors live a hungry freelance existence. Your dream…
Mastery and Knowledge
What good is knowledge if we don’t apply it? For the righteous falls seven times and rises again, but the wicked stumble in times…
The Burden of Command Lie
It was the second phase of my career in the Merchant Navy, and the step to the promotion that really marked me out from…