60 second review of Guardians of the Flame: The Warriors by Joel Rosenberg, the book that got me started playing Dungeons & Dragons.
Posts Tagged ‘youth’
Two-Way Mirror »
Terry Pratchett writes that when we put on a mask we are finally free to become our true selves. Similarly, behind the two-way mirror I was free to be vulnerable in a way I could not be anywhere else.
On Adventure and Job Security »
He had spent years in search of boredom, but had never achieved it. Just when he thought he had it in his grasp his life [...]
Lacking Transitional Staying Power »
It was Halloween, and I was in eighth grade. Over the previous summer, I’d decided to give up on most everything I’d previously held in [...]
Kickback »
I had a dream the other night in which I stood on the old playground at my elementary school, talking with a blond-haired man about [...]
Is “Just Being” good enough for you? »
My family moved to Missouri right after first grade. My dad was approaching retirement from the army and was required to serve a couple of [...]
January »
Part of me always wonders why Nose runs
wet and the cold (which should freeze) instead melts;
heat should do that job. Goosebumps pebble in
vain–by bunching up, [...]
Archetypal »
Let out the string to fly a kite
Which first escaped when I was eight
And, squinting, lose it in the light.
Those Kansas winds would fairly cry
(Though [...]
Sorry Best Friend »
Tracing ellipticals around a fractured star
That sought a spotlight for its shine; we skipped from
Eight wheels to four, wooden slats bound tightly so our
Skates could [...]
