Beneath the earth’s surface time is languid formations otherworldly, silent some millions, some thousands, of years in the making a thousand years from now gazers will see the centimeter of growth
Archive for the ‘Fantasies’ Category
Beneath Aracena / Bajo Aracena
Posted in Caves, Fantasies, Spain on January 31, 2020 | 4 Comments »
From the sidewalk
Posted in Fantasies, Finery, Idiosyncracies, Relationships, Shopping on July 11, 2016 | 1 Comment »
I see your car in the driveway of the austere box of a house with concrete walls and huge windows – the house I imagined we could live in if we didn’t mind being on display.
Transliteration
Posted in Death/Loss/Grief, Fantasies, Fathers, Lust, Meditation, Prayer, Religion, Writing on February 18, 2015 | 1 Comment »
When a Jewish parent dies, the surviving adult child is obligated to recite the Kaddish, the Mourner’s Prayer that never mentions death, twice a day for 11 months. Prayer books print three versions: the Hebrew, the transliteration of the Hebrew, and a translation into the reader’s primary language, such as English or Spanish. Yitgadal […]
Natural Habitats
Posted in Books, Cats, Fantasies, Fear, Lions, Love, Lust, Midlife, Natural World, Romance, Savannah, Sexuality on August 7, 2014 | Leave a Comment »
I. Lying in wait. On the savannah, on the plain, in desert sands and next to humid river beds, the predator lies in wait. Something has given off its scent, awakened its hunger. Fully awake now, the lion follows the scent, alerted to the herd’s presence. He watches, determines which of the […]