The Geecologist

Creation Lake

Creation Lake

Jul 12, 2025 | Fiction | 0 comments

Neantderthals were prone to depression, he said. He said they were prone to addiction, too, and especially smoking. Although it was likely, he said, that these noble and mysterious Thals (as he sometimes referred to the Neanderthals) extracted nicotine from the...
Arabian Sands

Arabian Sands

Apr 1, 2023 | Non-Fiction, Travel | 0 comments

They prefer to ride kneeling, especially if they mean to gallop. It is an extraordinary feat of balance, for riding a galloping camel, especially over rough ground, is like sitting on a bucking horse. A Bedu usually carries his rifle slung under his arm and parallel...
The Buffalo

The Buffalo

Oct 19, 2019 | Fiction, Short Stories | 0 comments

But it was spring. Even the lion licked the lioness’s smooth forehead. Both animals blond. The woman averted her eyes from the cage, where the hot smell alone recalled the carnage she’d come looking for at the Zoological Gardens. Then the lion paced calmly, mane...
Still Life With Woodpecker

Still Life With Woodpecker

Jun 23, 2015 | Fiction | 0 comments

When the mystery of the connection goes, love goes. It’s that simple. This suggests that it isn’t love that is so important to us but the mystery itself. The love connection may be merely a device to put us in contact with the mystery, and we long for love...