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Williams
Here is a selection of short essays on a variety of topics that interest me.
I Knew Her Horatio
A meditation on skulls and my encounter with one in Tanzania. Published in the Southampton Review. Vol. VI, No. 2. 2012
Entropy Creates Life
My theory as to how entropy is the reason for the origin of life and its evolving complexity.
My books
Bodega Solitary
A journey with the shade of W. G. Sebald and a brush with death.
The Elephant's Foot
An encounter with ivory skulls.
Speak Story
A walk through my brain on the eve of Agincourt.
Published in the Bennington Review, January 2009.
Riding in Africa captures the escapades of more than twelve journeys to Africa. I offer sage-if somewhat tongue-in-cheek-advice on how to get from one end of an African horse safari to the other without killing yourself.Read about African flora and fauna, evolution, history, language, and the weird eccentrics who partake in the journeys
Mogwooni and Ian in Kenya
Allow Me To Introduce Mr. Daemon
A meditation on the nature of the subconscious and its influence on writing.
Full Circle
The building of a stone circle on our farm in Connecticut and the spiritual presence of native Americans. Published in Spirituality and Health, July-August 2010.
Writing Down the Time
A meditation on time and rowing.
The Things We Carry
Living as a super organism. When we walk into the doctor's office we think we are the ones to be treated. But it is probably the 100 trillion non-human cells that need the help. Published in Spirituality and Health July-August 2009.
The Syringe
Some objects linger.
Bestiaries, or compendia of beasts, originated in the ancient world and were made popular in the Middle Ages. More recently, notables such as Leonardo da Vinci, Jorge Luis Borges and Toulouse Lautrec have all penned their own versions. My selection criterion for inclusion in this bestiary was that I had to have encountered the animal. This leads to meetings with both domestic and wild animals, some resulting in “close calls.”
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