Backward Mutters

Category: Story

  • "he won’t be angry with you"

    “Not too long ago I conducted a funeral for the spouse of a very dear friend of mine. The spouse died of AIDS. My friend moved in a very fast crowd, and the funeral service in the home was quite informal. There was a keyboard artist playing jazz and plenty…

  • The Coming of the King

    Lewis’ good friend, J.R.R. Tokein as well understood the jovial king. “And then wonder took him, and a great joy; and he cast his sword up in the sunlight and sang as he caught it. And all eyes followed his gaze, and behold! upon the foremost ship a great standard…

  • Jovial Kingship

    “Before the other angels a man might sink: before this he might die, but if he lived at all, he would laugh. If you had caught one breath of the air that came from him, you would have felt yourself taller than before. Though you were a cripple, your walk…

  • 150th Anniversary of "The Late Unpleasantness"

    Regimental Colors of the 61st Ohio Volunteers   In recognition of the start of the greatest trial the United States has faced, I want to acknowledge my ancestors who served their country in this war. My great-great-great grandfather Samuel Leet Fite who served in Company C of the 66th Indiana Infantry. My…

  • 150th Anniversary of "The Late Unpleasantness"

    Regimental Colors of the 61st Ohio Volunteers   In recognition of the start of the greatest trial the United States has faced, I want to acknowledge my ancestors who served their country in this war. My great-great-great grandfather Samuel Leet Fite who served in Company C of the 66th Indiana Infantry. My…