Billy Pilgrim first became unstuck in time while leaning back against a tree in Luxembourg on the wrong side of the German line following The Battle of The Bulge in December 1944. For the remainder of his life he found himself transported backward and forward across spacetime popping in and out of the linear frame... Continue Reading →
Learning To Fly: Telemachus Studies Abroad
One of the more famous extra-canonical stories about Odysseus is his hesitancy to join the Greek army prior to the siege of Troy. He had a newborn son and initially he didn’t heed the call to join Agamemnon at Aulis. An expedition was sent to encourage/ force him to join up, and he pretended to... Continue Reading →
Washed and Anointed On The Way Home: Homer’s Odyssey Part 1
If you’re reading this, there’s a decent chance you also read portions of my series on The Book of Job and The Iliad. Welcome to my thoughts on Homer’s Odyssey. At some point in the introductory essay to these others series I inevitably find myself saying something like, “The Odyssey isn’t actually what you think... Continue Reading →