The Geecologist

A Confederacy of Dunces

A Confederacy of Dunces

Mar 30, 2024 | Fiction | 0 comments

The factory is a large, barn-like structure that houses bolts of fabric, cutting tables, massive sewing machines, and furnaces that provide the steam for pressing. The total effect is rather surreal, especially when one sees Les Africains moving about attending to...
The Power of Geography

The Power of Geography

Jul 16, 2022 | Essays, Non-Fiction | 0 comments

It’s worth contrasting the history of Australia with that of another colonial experiment—the US. America also grew from settlements on a fertile east coast and then pushed inland. But, once over the Appalachian Mountains, the fledgling nation expanded into the...
The Madonna of the Sea

The Madonna of the Sea

Jan 30, 2021 | Fiction, Short Stories

There is a Madonna at the bottom of the crystalline waters off the coast of Lampedusa, Italy, standing guard near a gap where two rocks curve in an unfinished embrace. Dead leaves and fish float above her like drifting feathers, shimmering in the swatch of sunlight...
Nutshell

Nutshell

May 16, 2020 | Fiction | 0 comments

I stay awake, I listen, I learn. Early this morning, less than an hour before dawn, there was heavier matter than usual. Through my mother’s bones I encountered a bad dream in the guise of a formal lecture. The state of the world. An expert in international relations,...
The Overstory

The Overstory

Dec 21, 2019 | Fiction | 0 comments

The things she catches Doug-firs doing, over the course of these years, fill her with joy. When the lateral roots of two Douglas-firs run into each other underground, they fuse. Through those self-grafted knots, the two trees join their vascular systems together and...