Getting Gruntled

The hero always retreats to his beginnings.  The healing power of some solitude to sort things out, the call of the wasteland/forest/”being down home” allows for recharging of the body, the mind.  the spirit.
You see this in ancient literature, like in the Arthurian legends, where Lancelot, who showed up originally from the deep woods, disappears [...]

Friday morning I wasn’t really felling well, then we had some serious network traffic issues which kept us much more busy than usual. When I got home on Friday evening, the nausea was undeniable, and so began the long and dreary weekend spend in very close proximity to the water closet.
It was awful, [...]