he asked her to take him back to the start ‘I have met someone.’ she said decidedly to her friends over dinner. Her friends squealed asynchronously. They all looked at each other with raised eyebrows and a variety of facial contortions that could only be considered excitement. They hadn’t expected this news at all. For[…]
It is just as great on the other side Still that sincere yearning of an average heart, beating well and true In this new found land, of paled red white and blue A desire that has now aged, a passion that now burns cheaper and slower Amber of forgotten loves, plain-Jane cars and average[…]
It is ironic that a healthy democracy can allow it’s own termination and bring closet fascism to power. I am heartbroken. I am mad. I am hurt and I am sad. But I am no longer in denial about what her people truly want. It is an disillusionment of the highest proportions. A country I had vehemently[…]
As far as I can recall, there have been very few times when I couldn’t wait for a year to come an end. There hasn’t been a single prominent reason but 2016 has been such a tiring year. The sum under the curve integrated so steeply that I was exhausted in fall already. The onslaught[…]
Suppressed majorities It’s thanksgiving season now. The turkey jokes are flying around, waiting to be slaughtered and rehashed over dinner. The weather is bludgeoning us with its pre-winter cold grey drab mallets. The trees have ended their resistance and accepted their bare fate for the next few months. Yet, or perhaps despite the coldness, I[…]
Festive lighting Is it possible that I have forgotten the art of celebration? I don’t know what it is about this year but I am struggling to celebrate it well. It is not that I am downtrodden and in despair. On the contrary, I am blessed with a beautiful wife who supports me endlessly. A[…]
No more West I spent over ten days in the Pacific Northwest and did not get soaked once in the rain. Well, at least, not literally. Metaphorically though, I came back drenched in the wilderness of the region. Even in Seattle, a city of moderate size, the sea gulls claimed their corners convincingly. The trees[…]
Awaiting destiny’s arrival The 15th of August is here. The day of independence for a ‘newish’ country that will always be my home. It is also the day when I left that country on for another country that I chose to chase my dreams in. And I have used that coincidence for the last thirteen[…]
I saw him standing by himself, nursing a beer. He looked just like I how I remembered him. He was alone but alert, terse but desperate for a conversation and an observant variety of shy. I hadn’t seen him for years and quickly made my way to him to say hello. David welcomed me with[…]
Are we out of the woods yet? Have I ever mentioned how much I love camping? While others fret about the lack of facilities that keep us clean and moisturized, I begin to shed the awkward pounds of routine, the terrifying weight of expectation and the artificial complexity of life. I dream of super cars[…]