The Good Wolf of the North

Well, it's been two years. I like to take my time in doing things, or so it would seem, but so much has changed since the beginning of the beginning, and why was the beginning marked by my graduation from college with an English degree? I mean, really, it wasn't. There is no beginning, there is only the idea that we get another chance to do things better. First of all, I changed the name of my blog from The Archer's Mark to The Good Wolf for the following reasons: 1) I have been a vegetarian for fifteen years and the connotations of an Archer contradict my morals in more ways than they compliment it. 2) Wolves are amazing and I love them. 3) I have always liked the legend (Cherokee?) about the two wolves. It goes like this:   A grandfather was explaining to his grandson that there are two wolves fighting inside of him, as there is in everyone. One is greed, sorrow, pity, envy, anger and hate. The other is kindness, patience, humility, trust, generosity and love. When th...

Brand new, that's what this is. I'm not one hundred percent on why I'm doing this, starting a blog that is. I have been slowly vowing to go off the grid and this is kind of the opposite of that. However, I have also been slowly vowing to be adaptable. Mountains of journals, essays and poetry are taking over my house and the rate of production is rapidly exceeding the rate of publication. That's mostly because there is no rate of publication. So in an effort to take myself a little less seriously and to ensure at least one person reads one thing that I've written, I'm starting this blog. I have no real designs or specific intentions for it. We'll see where it goes.  Anyways, about today: Today I got four bills in the mail for my school loans. Since I'm no mathematician,  I called the loan center and had them add the four bills together for me. I was astounded to find that fresh out of a Minnesota State University with a spankin' new degree in creative...