Anchors Aweigh!

You must allow me a moment to superfluously praise my older brother, Steven. Yesterday he was promoted to Master Chief Petty Officer in the Navy, placing him in the top 1% of the Navy's enlisted force. Nothing can diffuse the beaming pride of our family. Congratulations, brother!

MT

Away...

I have been away far too long. The circumstances which stymied my attempts to write and extirpated my wits have absconded into the night. They involved a year-long affair with a man made of iron, making a marvelous ruin of any viable pleasures. I have since been released from his vise and am eager to reestablish a routine.

Anon,
MT

Waking and Walking

I've just returned from having my taxes calculated and my preparer suggested I would be better served by purchasing a home. I'm not so naive about finances as to have not understood this on my own, I simply haven't been in a position to purchase in the past.

What I desire is a home with room...

to roam...

upon waking...

possibly with a book...

or a trusted companion.