by Avery White | Jan 11, 2016 | Training
Where there is no vision, the people are unrestrained, But happy is he who keeps the law. – Proverbs 29:18 CI Stands For ‘Craft Improvement’ My heart is that this website has a razors edge like that Santoku blade up there in the picture. The...
by Avery White | Jan 4, 2016 | Stories
“Has the sixth transport finished moving?” “No sir. It’s still out there.” Malcolm picked up the communicator. “Transport 6, you’ve got a few thousand yards to go. How are you guys holding up?” “We’re hangin...
by Avery White | Dec 28, 2015 | Stories
“Was anyone hurt?” “No. Everyone was still behind Charlie when we got the faults. We’re OK.” Malcolm exhaled heavily. “Alright. I just told Stephen to run the generators 35% over capacity. Let’s hope it’s enough.”...
by Avery White | Dec 21, 2015 | Stories
Malcolm walked over to one of the monitors in the central control room and watched a video loop of the predicted storm pattern. 7200 people. That’s a lot. The number bounced around in his head before he tried to remember how many rescue shuttles were available...
by Avery White | Dec 7, 2015 | Training
They cursed us. Murderer they called us. They cursed us, and drove us away. And we wept, Precious, we wept to be so alone. And we only wish to catch fish so juicy sweet. And we forgot the taste of bread… the sound of trees… the softness of the wind. We...
by Avery White | Dec 7, 2015 | Stories
Sunday, 1723 “Hello?” Malcolm Glass answered his communicator. “Malcolm? We need you at the station. It’s going to be a rough few days,” the voice on the other barely sounded apologetic. “I saw the weather reports. I know....
by Avery White | Nov 8, 2015 | Stories
Speak I figured I couldn’t run a website that had so much to do with slam poetry without actually having slam poetry. At least…not for very long 🙂 This is a piece dedicated to the idea that everyone has something worth sharing. Enjoy...
by Avery White | Oct 28, 2015 | Stories
The Parable of the Ice Dragon Remarks on April 2, 1845 My name is Phillip Hailey, and I have been a sailor my entire life. While there are a great many stories that I could tell from my life at sea, the first is an account that was taken while my crew and I were en...
by Avery White | Oct 12, 2015 | Stories
In the first installment to this series, we talked about how insecurity colors what we say. Click here if you missed it! Today, we’re going to talk about what I think is a far worse tragedy…and some ideas on how to avoid it! Something That Almost Makes Sense To...
by Avery White | Oct 3, 2015 | Stories
You are sitting on the back porch of a cottage. A lush hill rolls away and up into the Colorado Rockies. The vanilla Ponderosa scent wafts in with the momentum of the treeline and swirls with the pancakes being flipped in the kitchen. Aunt Jemima stayed home. You’re...
