Posted by Brad Osborne on July 11, 2022 · 17 Comments
You wear a proud mantle,
Already well earned…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on April 6, 2022 · 20 Comments
He had watched his father work the seas his whole life and wanted nothing more than to be a great fisherman in kind.
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Posted by Brad Osborne on December 22, 2021 · 12 Comments
We laugh in the face of death, we own forever,
For we have been written down, long penned…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on April 23, 2021 · 25 Comments
He had watched his father work the seas his whole life and wanted nothing more than to be a great fisherman in kind.
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Posted by Brad Osborne on December 20, 2020 · 9 Comments
We laugh in the face of death, we own forever,
For we have been written down, long penned…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on August 13, 2020 · 20 Comments
We hand them a world in which little has changed.
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