C.S. Wachter's Blog: Hope, Hearts, and Heroes
July 29, 2023
The Ride home
By: Judge and Alanna Rodriguez Hello everyone! Thank you for joining us this month for our story tidbit. This time, we are visiting the desert. Considering the anniversary this month and how it causes one to think of their own mortality, I thought this short story would be appropriate. Hope you enjoy! David wakes with �
Published on July 29, 2023 22:01
July 17, 2023
The Cowboy’s Long Rest.
By: Judge and Alanna Rodriguez Hello everyone. So, as a break from the regularly scheduled posting, I have decided to write an article and post it today June 18th 2023. Today is the one year anniversary of my father’s passing at 0300hrs, or as many in my circle would refer to it, his heavenly birthday. �
Published on July 17, 2023 22:01
June 24, 2023
Common Phrases
by: Judge and Alanna Rodriguez Hello everyone! Thank you for joining us this month. This being effectively the end of the first year since my father passed away, I felt it appropriate that we look at writing something that hits close to the heart for my father himself: commonly spoken phrases and/or memorable characters. “Hello. �
Published on June 24, 2023 22:08
May 27, 2023
The Programmer’s Final Push
by: Judge and Alanna Rodriguez Hello one, hello all! First off, let me thank you for joining us with this month’s article. Second, let me apologize for not posting last month’s article, Alanna and I were out of town at a show, to sell leatherworking for WBTS reenactors, so the weekend snuck up on us �
Published on May 27, 2023 22:01
April 8, 2023
A Bomb and I
I walked on the messy translucent membranes on the thin, rickety, folding frames I pushed down and back with my feet. When I reached the drop, I tore the membrane and got down through it (it pulled up my shirt); to slow my descent I let my hand slowly tear down through the membranes I �
Published on April 08, 2023 19:53
March 29, 2023
The Nature of the Surreal
(In this case the Surreal I discuss refers in particular to the Surreal arm of the OOMlich hex, which defines “OOM�). The Surreal is in a sense the culmination of fantasy. Where fiction can express what history cannot, by imaginary events, fantasy can express what fiction cannot, by imaginary creatures, imaginary abilities, imaginary worlds. In �
Published on March 29, 2023 05:13
March 25, 2023
A Relevant Rhetorical Question
By: Judge and Alanna Rodriguez Greetings everyone! Thank you for joining us this month once again! Now that our version of Romeo and Juliet has been completed, I have to admit I have been struggling to be able to post part of any story without posting any secrets for the books we are currently working �
Published on March 25, 2023 22:25
February 26, 2023
Romeo and Juliet, end of the Romance
By: Judge and Alanna Rodriguez Hello one, hello all! Thank you very much for joining us this month as we release the final chapter of the Romeo and Juliet story. Fair warning, it’s meant to be a tear-jerker. Juliet peers down from her perch at the mutt she has come to call friend. In the last �
Published on February 26, 2023 07:58
January 28, 2023
Juliet makes peace.
by: Judge and Alanna Rodriguez Hello one, hello all! Thank you very much for joining us this month as we release the next chapter of the Romeo and Juliet story. It is our most sincere hope you had a safe, happy, and blessed new year. On to the story! Juliet glares at the growling mutt. �
Published on January 28, 2023 22:31
January 16, 2023
Why Demolition is a Good Job for a Writer
So, my income pretty much all comes from a cleaning job I have; a pastor handed it to us around the second week after we were in the country, and it’s been a huge blessing. Most everything major I’ve bought (like my computer and my smatchet 🤠) was because of this job. Recently a cleanup �
Published on January 16, 2023 19:17