The year, 1805 … The vessel, The HMS Surprise, a 28 Gun British Frigate in her majesties royal navy with 197 souls on board … Location, rounding The Horn in a terrifying storm … The Captain, J. Aubrey, ‘Lucky Jack’… The mission, “Intercept French Privateer Acheron, (known to the crew as, ‘The Phantom’) en route to the Pacific intent on carrying the war (with Napoleon) into those waters … Sink, Burn, or take her a […]
During the Pandemic I was, like so many of us, glued to the TV. CNN on speed dial. I carefully took note of all the suggested protocol involving contact with people, buying groceries, mask wearing, hand sanitizing, and donning disposable gloves whenever possible. I watched with horror the rising death toll and gruesome images of body bags stacked up inside refrigerated semi trucks to accommodate overcrowded morgues. Months passed. We grew accustomed to our new […]
The Spill... 