Navigating faith, family & freedom, across the Atlantic.
Navigating faith, family & freedom, across the Atlantic.
Mandated medical procedures, psychopaths and consent *(for vaccine, read ‘immorally coerced medical experimentation’) When I first went to sea I was in the Royal Navy Unit at University. Mostly it was an excuse for me to be drunk 2 days…
The Bible, eh? You can’t trust that, can you? It’s all made up, isn’t it? Well, that may be. Or not. Increasingly though, I find it to be more true and relevant to my life and the times we live…
An introduction
This is Captain Scotty, a newsletter about Finding navigable waters in the lakes of fire..
Nobody discusses climate change at the funeral of a seven year old girl. Nobody would stop to use hand sanitizer, before rushing to the liferaft on a sinking ferry. Nobody would turn down a plastic drinking straw, after your car…
It was the second phase of my career in the Merchant Navy, and the step to the promotion that really marked me out from the crowd and secured my future. The move from Officer of the Watch (OOW), to Chief…
To paraphrase the comedian Owen Benjamin, When Jesus Christ said: ‘This bread is my body and this wine is my blood’, that dude was clearly stating that, if you are not into metaphors, this club isn’t for you! The clue…
There has been much debate about the possibility of the collapse of the Union between Scotland and England this year. Such commentary has increasingly polarised along the lines of the Brexit divide, most likely because of the moral value those…
Tinfoil Masks I dropped my daughter off at primary school today, and I noticed some glaring eyes peering at me from behind face masks. I, like all other mask-dodgers in my little Scottish town, am a healthy white male, so…
I have had some recurring dreams in my life. I have viewed them with some wonder because they have stayed in my mind as clear as day for more than 2 decades now. The first dream I had along these…
So for those who don’t know, I was on Molyneux’s podcast recently to talk about the crew change crisis. 300,000 seafarers are stuck at sea, unable to get home due to Covid-19 lockdowns. I am writing now near the end…
Just a random post. Schools started again today after 5 months of lockdowns. My daughter was so excited and happy to go back that it was very reassuring to me. I hated school, and I still have nothing but contempt…