From Voyageurs National Park on FB: Called “Catamaran” by locals, Bert Upton is among the strangest of historical characters on area waters. He lived in a hut built over a dug-out at Squirrel Narrows. Found frozen to death in the 1930s by Kettle Falls pioneer Oliver Knox; Upton was perched lifeless in the snow just a half-mile from his home. Shunning civilization, Upton defined the word hermit. First spotted rowing his crude log raft on Namakan, no one knows how he got there. Upton’s accent implied an English heritage but any personal inquiries brought a stony silence. Some suspected him a man fleeing the law; others saw a bizarre outcast; everyone knew he was peculiar. Just five feet tall and wildly unkempt, Catamaran wore hacked-off pants and walked barefoot with a stick. Winter demanded shoes but no socks, a cast-off Mackinaw, and a trailing cap made from the leg of old underwear. He was oddly religious, and suspicious of being poisoned. Surviving on snared rabbits and fish, he ofte...
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ReplyDeletePREACH ON, MY BROTHER IN DAMAGE TABLES
ReplyDeleteIf they come back to my house I hope I'm at work and they show my wife the letter.
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ReplyDeleteIf I had sent something like that out, I would hope to be AT HOME when they come back, while wearing my Tim the Enchanter cap.
and nothing else
ReplyDeleteCasey Garske You're my hero for the next 3d10 turns.
ReplyDeleteI would wear my black DM robes, of course.
ReplyDeleteI just realized the return address is their local church, not a private residence. Good enough.
ReplyDeletegraph paper's a nice touch, I have to say.
ReplyDeleteI would put on my robe and wizard hat.
ReplyDeleteBut I confess it's a little troubling to me. I can't quite express why.
OK I think it's because they're going to feel that you're making fun of them, especially because "magic" is against their religion. I mean, that might not bother you, but I am just explaining why I feel the way I do. I never liked being made fun of. I am much less convinced that the leaders of these religious organizations are sincere than I am of the people doing the proselytizing.
ReplyDeleteI get it. If it's making fun of anything, it's proselytizing, not their religion. And I'm totally fine with making fun of proselytizing. If just the thought of D&D offends them, that's on them.
ReplyDeleteA fair point!
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