David Given Schwarm

Punk is not Dead.

The kids and I were talking about the amazing HBO special on Chernobyl. I mentioned the turbine’s and Lisa corrected me that it was tour-BINE not tur-ban. Being grateful for my critics is my new favorite thing & I used this to help design my encounter for the Park D&D Game on Sunday. Turbine the…

DM Travis asked me to take over for the Park D&D this week. The Crew is in the Bright Lands of Rary trying to recover the Gem of the Sands. The night watch had fallen asleep when Rary appeared as a Jedi Projection a la Princess Leia warning of a serious threat– Turbine the Insane…

The Wednesday Crew continues the exploration of a Haunted House I am playing Walker – a Female Half Drow Druid who was thrown burning into the Ocean last week & now refuses to participate in combat–choosing instead grapples, reads poetry, or engages in interpretaive dance. We battled a room of Rot Grub, which remains a…

Another great Sunday Afternoon D&D Sesson with a group of 11 years olds living in quarintine! We got a clue at the temple with allowed Alton Tealeaf (the rogue theif) to enter the temple proper This is what a crit looks like during a pandemic

My weekly D&D 5E game based on the Moon’s Paksenarrion Series is tracking the Thieves guild alliance (or corruption) by a Blood Cult in an Urban setting–we knew of a Lab and a Hideout connected by a tunnel system under the city. We were struggling to understand the map so DM Andrew drew the following…

The Practice of the Presence of God by Brother Lawrence My rating: 3 of 5 stars I am mostly confused by this–I blogged the entire book to try to connect, but in general I did not take that much away. The humble adoration of God is helpful, but I am not sure this is designed…

Edited by André Naffis-Sahely The Heart of a Stranger: An Anthology of Exile Literature from Bookworm – https://www.stitcher.com/s?eid=69984842&autoplay