Thank you for offering Alone Together this Christmas. I would never have produced a piece of writing without this collective project. The writing made my memory of the experience more alive and poignant in my mind. I liked reading what other people did too. My Christmas was more special because of it.
Fending Off a War When I was young and my family took long trips in the car – all trips seemed long to little ones. Some were 2 hours and some up to 5 hours depending upon conditions and traffic. Piled into a nine-passenger station wagon and off we’d go. A trip to the beach, […]
It’s a balmy Christmas Day in Pittsburgh and my friend, his friend, and I are taking two cars to the movie theater to see Wicked Part 2, after which I will drive 4 hours across the state to my home. Night driving isn’t my favorite but because there’s an ice storm coming and I want […]
Afternoon Delight My radio show which featured mostly Motown hits from the ‘60s went really well this morning and I got some nice kudos from some listeners via Facebook Messenger. I went food shopping after the show and bought some supplies to hold us over through the big mega 10 inch snow storm that’s supposed […]
My Passage to India Over 50 years old, my India origin story stretches the bounds of memoir and appears to cross the frontier into metafiction. I insist that the core elements remain mostly true even as the details have faded into the mists of memory. Join me in the attic of my […]
TRUE FAMILY HAS YOUR BACK Another wonderful Christmas day! Today (26th) I visited another Purification Space friend with her son and got spoiled into oblivion. 😀 First, an amazing, vegan stuffed cabbage lunch, a jar of the best ever roasted hazelnuts as a gift, poppy seed bejgli for dessert, amazing cups of teas, fruity nut […]
Whose Human Are You? This morning I saw Lipton, Gretl, and Freya. Today is Boxing Day and although most of the country is experiencing drastic snow and rain and cold, where we are it’s a balmy 78°F although somewhat overcast, so everyone is out for a walk. It’s always wonderful when we have time for […]
Why did I choose “Exiled King” as my name for this three-day anonymous writing exercise? It was an impulse, unexamined. It just popped into my head. Which does not suggest it’s a throwaway—on the contrary, it says, “this hints at something hidden; it deserves examination.” I often feel myself to be a stranger in a strange […]
It wasn’t just me. When I look around and think that I’m not where I should be in life, I know that I’m not alone. I give myself grace, because I know that I was wrestling with difficult life circumstances. Still reeling from the aftermath of my own family trauma. But I also realize that the world was […]
The day after Christmas It’s the day after Christmas. Now I can get back to my regular chores. Intrigued by all the smug Christmas holiday comments (that I heard at work and around the stores and streets) of “we”. “We’re doing a small Christmas this year, because the kids are all doing their own things”. Or […]