“Himalayan Sunset”
“In the midst of unpacking his gear, the sun began to set. Theo stopped what he was doing and moved to a hummock overlooking the draw. The sinking sun had painted a wide swath of the mountains before him in deepest rose. The huge piles of cumulus set behind the tallest visible peak showed the […]
Continue reading“All Is Alive”
“‘Eternal, all-encompassing Bliss surrounds even the smallest particle of creation. Death is an illusion.’ The seeker turned his head toward the buttes. From the thickly clustered evergreens emanated cascades of what looked like silver foam, bubbles of glinting argent. From the buttes themselves flowed huge sails of the same frothy, frosted silver. He lowered his […]
Continue reading“Inside the Cavern”
“Theo remained utterly still at the entrance to the cavern. If one took the atmosphere of an 800-year-old cathedral and raised it to the tenth power one might have an idea of the vibrations that filled this sacred sanctuary. Unevenly shaped light-forms regularly floated across the space and up toward and out of its roof. […]
Continue reading“Peaceful”
By this point in her life, she had let it all go: all the drama and the problems, all the worries and the tension. She now allowed herself to relax and sink into the warm waters of every living moment, savoring the exquisite joy therein. She felt herself rising like yeasty bread, gradually expanding up […]
Continue reading“Sky War”
“The sky seemed to be constantly at war now. Its cannon would thunder and its rifle fire crack. Ranks of nebular vehicles raced forward; explosions flashed all around them. Armies would meet and clash and then the welkin would be left with the detritus of battle: shreds of cloud, immense bruises, disabled tanks, and torn […]
Continue reading“A Bath of Gold”
“As the afternoon ended, the landscape got bathed in a light of gold more precious than any king’s treasury. The rough ground to his immediate right gleamed like piles of strewn nuggets. The higher hills above this ground resembled bars of gold warped under great heat. A stretch of glacial ice could have been an […]
Continue readingAre You Seeking Peace and Tranquility?
Is the news of the world distressing or depressing you? Might you enjoy a refreshing escape to a place of love, beauty, and peace? My newest novel, “Osi and Isi: A Tale of Twin Flames,” is intended to float you off to just such a place. (If I post the link here, FB will limit […]
Continue reading“The Waterfall”
“From fifty yards’ distance, the threads of the waterfall looked discrete, individual, unique. Theo mulled over the image of the lyre. It pleased him to think that each of these streams represented a specific string on the musical instrument of the falls. Nature had strung them on their rocky frame to make the music, which, […]
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