“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 […]

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“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 […]

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“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 […]

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Are 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 […]

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“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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“The Lake”

“It took him three days to attain that height, but, on the fourth, he found himself overlooking a sapphirine-blue lake, into which emptied a waterfall in the shape of a Greek lyre. Mocha-hued rocks atop and at the side formed the frame of the instrument, and narrow white filaments of water, its strings. The natural […]

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“Love Is Not”

“Love is not selfish. Selfish love is not really love, but infatuation. Infatuation produces misery. One is all the time worrying about losing the person or object one is attached to. Love yields peace and harmony. Genuine love does not require anything from the beloved. On the contrary, it accepts them for who they are […]

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