The Geecologist

The Sense of An Ending

The Sense of An Ending

Aug 9, 2026 | Fiction | 0 comments

That afternoon, he handed out a poem with no title, date or author’s name, gave us ten minutes to study it, then asked for our responses. ‘Shall we start with you, Finn? Put simply, what would you say this poem is about?’ Adrian looked up from his desk. ‘Eros and...
Landmarks

Landmarks

Mar 28, 2020 | Non-Fiction, Travel | 0 comments

Although I knew Gaelic to be richly responsive to the sites in which it was spoken, it was my guess that other tongues in these islands also possessed wealths of words for features of place – words that together constituted a vast vanished, or vanishing, language for...
Real Death

Real Death

Jan 26, 2019 | Lyrics, Toons | 0 comments

I’ve never thought to do this before, but the lyrics to this song were so beautiful, it seemed important to share them. Death is real Someone’s there and then they’re not And it’s not for singing about It’s not for making into art When...
Pale Fire

Pale Fire

Dec 22, 2018 | Fiction | 0 comments

Teach. Examine literary masterpieces with brilliant and charming young people. A hobby he could now freely indulge. ‘And, of course, I don’t know,’ she mumbled looking away, ‘I don’t know but perhaps if you’d have nothing against it, I might...
Best Albums list of 2018

Best Albums list of 2018

Dec 19, 2018 | 2018, Featured, Playlists, Toons | 0 comments

Cripes, 7 years of sharing the best albums I’ve heard with you. Gee, thanks for reading, Mum (I’m assuming you’re the only person who does read it, massive welcome to anyone else!) As per, the main event is the shortlisted top ten(ish) which is this...