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Bottomless lake temporary sanctuary…

A scene from Bottomless Lakes west of Roswell on a summer day a couple of years back. Salt domes caved in below and then filled with groundwater. There are several lakes averaging about 100 ft. deep, but that would seem bottomless to all but a decent scuba diver. The largest lake, further south is said to have […]

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An excerpt from Mordake

“He’s captured it, sí. But mythical it is not.” He pulled up his sleeve to reveal marks that looked as if a tiger had mauled him. Old marks, healed now, like a hideous brand, claimed by a hideous master. “No, I can say no more. Just leave me. I wouldn’t return there for all the […]

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Retirement…

Everyone asks me what I’ll do when I retire from teaching. Read. Write. Contemplate. Meditate. Sleep late? In Indian culture, it is the time to enter Vanaprastha.

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