So That’s an Owlbear?
I recently came across a short video of actress Deborah Ann Woll explaining Dungeons & Dragons or D&D to Jon Bernthal, actor and host of...
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A Pirate on the Prairie
Flying the Jolly Roger in the Midwest
Welcome to A Pirate on the Prairie, a place for me to share whatever insights, thoughts, and opinions that strike my fantasy. Viewed another way, it is my place in the crow's nest for a 50-something pirate to shout into the teeth of the hurricane.
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“Knees of My Heart” (Jimmy Buffett)
https://www.jimmybuffett.com/description?albumId=32 Unfortunately, her highness wouldn’t grant me an audience or an interview. Great song...
Embrace My Paranoia?
Now I am hardly a person prone to paranoia, but I can certainly enjoy fiction where the protagonist is paranoid or has reasons to act in...
The Wrong Person
https://www.facebook.com/100050689800271/posts/pfbid027D3XThvYF9W6RtbqjiT2q1SGKqQZa5LjU6m5RwEn1XcsC9L8KwuGEyYd7d81iHBzl/ “True. True.”...
Indeed
https://www.facebook.com/100057608591279/posts/1091375802792696/?mibextid=rS40aB7S9Ucbxw6v I think that it is safe to say that Mr. Scully...
The Appeal of “Margaritaville”
https://www.facebook.com/61551211741035/posts/122204488694040391/?mibextid=rS40aB7S9Ucbxw6v This Facebook post shares the story behind...
Nice Try, Numbnuts
I have noted before that “social media” is often a not-very-social place in which to interact with others. I, myself, have voiced my own...
A “Normal” Life?
“There's no normal life, Wyatt, it's just life. Get on with it.” — Val Kilmer as Doc Holliday in Tombstone I positively love this scene...
Quitting Love Cold Turkey
Love is one “addiction” that we are largely expected to quit cold turkey. When your heart is broken, weaning yourself off of love...
Okay, This Made Me Smile
https://x.com/freckledliberty/status/1906177173330837569?s= There is some truth underlying this meme. You may have even heard a woman who...
Well, That’s Just Depressing
https://x.com/liz_wheeler/status/1796556590939586581?s=46 If there is anything to this, I find it incredibly depressing and distressing....
Good Advice to Be Honest
Honestly, this is some good advice from Emily King who offers up relationship advice via her YouTube channel (@emilywking -...
An Interesting, Thought-Provoking Take on the Preamble to the Declaration of Independence and the Pain of Individuals
Unclean (@CoyoteUnclean) has posted to X (formerly Twitter) an interesting and thought-provoking thread relating to the pain felt by the...
A Time Capsule in Film of My Childhood Home
As I mentioned in my blog article, “Wilmington, North Carolina or ‘Hollywood East’” ( https://www.apirateontheprairie.com/post/wilmington...
“Time in a Bottle” (Jim Croce)
A classic love song. https://youtu.be/Q29sOLG8xGE
“Operator (That’s Not the Way It Feels)” (Jim Croce)
“Jim Croce - Operator (That’s Not the Way It Feels) [Official Music Video]” https://youtu.be/khYxP7TiFSA “Jim Croce - Operator (That's...
“Lover’s Cross (Live)” (Jim Croce)
https://youtu.be/KIXpOjTp2NY
“One Less Set of Footsteps” (Jim Croce)
I love Jim Croce’s music which I remember hearing back in my kindergarten/elementary school days, namely his hits “You Don’t Mess Around...
“Piece of My Heart” (Faith Hill)
🎶 🎤🤩 https://youtu.be/qPseJvXVVfo
“Piece of My Heart (Live)” (Janis Joplin with Big Brother & The Holding Company)
🎶 🎤🤩 “Piece of My Heart (Live at The Grande Ballroom, Detroit, MI - March 1968)” https://youtu.be/PAMNut-_GhU
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A Pirate's Haunts
Social Media Hideaways for One Particular Pirate Looking for His "One Particular Harbour"
I am currently homeported in Northern Illinois along the Mississippi River.
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