The Geecologist

On Getting Along

On Getting Along

Apr 6, 2024 | Letters, Non-Fiction | 0 comments

You ask how I manage to stay involved and remain seemingly happy and adjusted to this awful world where the efforts of caring people pale in comparison to those who have power?It’s easy. First, don’t let “those who have power” intimidate you....
The Fall

The Fall

Feb 5, 2022 | Fiction | 0 comments

That is what no man (except those who are not really alive—in other words, wise men) can endure. Spitefulness is the only possible ostentation. People hasten to judge in order not to be judged themselves. What do you expect? The idea that comes most naturally to man,...
Believe in People: The Essential Karel Capek

Believe in People: The Essential Karel Capek

Nov 20, 2021 | Essays, Non-Fiction | 0 comments

The cliche is blamed for spoiling language and style. While this may be true, its destructive power is much more profound. The cliche blurs the difference between truth and untruth. If it were not for cliches, there wouldn’t be demagogues and public lies, and it...
An Outline Of Intellectual Rubbish

An Outline Of Intellectual Rubbish

Aug 22, 2020 | Essays, Non-Fiction | 0 comments

Politics is largely governed by sententious platitudes which are devoid of truth. One of the most widespread popular maxims is, “human nature cannot be changed.” No one can say whether this is true or not without first defining “human nature.”...
A House For Mr Biswas

A House For Mr Biswas

Jun 29, 2019 | Fiction | 0 comments

Every night he bolted himself in his room. As soon as he was still he felt the stillness around him and he had to make movements to destroy the stillness, to challenge the alertness of the room and the objects in it. He was rocking hard on the creaking board one night...