The United States of America should have a foundation free from the influence of clergy" George Washington, President & General 'to save your world you asked this man to die; would this man, could he seeyou now, ask why?' W.H.Auden 'To announce that there must be no criticism of the president, or that we are to stand by the president right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public' Roosveldt 'We have grasped the mystery of the at...

I saw Luthor as I stepped out of under the waterfall, just sitting there, absently watching some squabbling sparroes as the hopped betwee the son-drops and forget-me-nots that had begun to carpet the forest floor. He turned suddenly, somehow aware that I'd noticed him. He smile, but sat still. 'Hello John!' he called over his shoulder as he turnded back to his quiet, considering delight of the newly sprung spring morning. 'How are you?' 'Well indeed, Luthor, well.' I dried myself ...

Dear all, From time to time, like Odysseus, a wanderer will come across something so astounding that they are rendered speechless. I want you to come back with me to 1970, when something truly awful occured. The place is Yungay, in the Peruvian Andes, about forty miles north of Huaras. Huaras is one of those frontier towns, a place where a gumbo of souls gather for their own reasons; to escape, to widen their horizons, to challenge themselves. Huaras for example, is one ...

Although the disapperaence of the human into the beyond had seemed to lessen the harshness of the weather cycles, the seasons were still brutish, extreme and unforgiving. I had kept my knives sharp, my arrows keen. At first I loathed the hunt, buit slowly came to understand, to accept it, it's necessity and it's purpose. I had read that at the end of a hunt, the beast gazes calmly, acceptingly, waits for the stroke that ends their life. It is true. I remembered Shelagh. @@@@@@@@@@@...

Ishmael waved Hu forward and gestured to the seat that had been made ready for him. Hu smiled and bowed briefly, almost imperceptibly. He declined the seat and instead sat neatly, in one fluid movement on the floor gesturing for Ishmael to join him on the rosewood veneer. 'The earth would be younger but for this floor.' Hu observed smiling. 'I fear I'm too old to learn to be as flexible as your goodself master Hu.' Ishmael smiled. Hu seemed to consider this for a second or two an...

Luthor shifted and turned towards me, regarding my absent blinking eyes. Finally I decided to shut them, the sun was too bright to keep them open and besides I could hear him. The thought briefly flickered that I resented Luthor intruding on my perfect isolation, but in truth I quietly welcomed his presence. As if he were sensing my thoughts, I heard Luthor as he sucked in the breeze between his teeth. 'Do you miss us John?' I smiled eyes shut. 'Of course fool, how could I not? Do...