The Geecologist

Waterlog

Waterlog

Sep 12, 2020 | Non-Fiction

I wanted to follow the rain on its meanderings about our land to rejoin the sea, to break out of the frustration of a lifetime doing lengths, of endlessly turning back on myself like a tiger pacing its cage. I began to dream of secret swimming holes and a journey of...
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.”...
The Sea, The Sea

The Sea, The Sea

Apr 18, 2020 | Fiction | 0 comments

After lunch I cut off a length of my rope and tied it onto the iron banister at the tower steps, and now it trails handily into the sea, moving darkened in the waves. I have knotted the seaward end for easier grasp. I have had less success with the ‘cliff’ for the...
The Sound and the Fury

The Sound and the Fury

Feb 9, 2019 | Fiction | 0 comments

The car stopped, started, stopped again. Below the window I watched the crowns of people’s heads passing beneath new straw hats not yet unbleached. There were women in the car now, with market baskets, and men in work-clothes were beginning to outnumber the...
Attrib. And Other Stories

Attrib. And Other Stories

Dec 15, 2018 | Fiction, Short Stories | 0 comments

Concision A single Finnish word can describe the blast of heat that occurs when water is poured on a sauna’s brazier. Also, one Bantu verb sums up the act of discarding one’s clothes in order to dance, while a Pascuense word means ‘the swelling of...