A Dream, A Song and Thoughts
LOVE.3 variations for 2/14 . . . Valentine's Day. The flower-crowned alleged skull of St. Valentine is exhibited in the Basilica of Santa Maria in Cosmedin,...
This . . . Is Getting Old
It doesn't take an Einstein . . . We can be hair-o's, just for one day.Getting mistaken for a pair of geniuses — and a couple of times for a cattle-...
A Quick Glance Backwards, a Hard Look Ahead
I try to take the start of every year to sit back and look at what I have been doing — and what I want to do. In 2022 I wrote 47 stories/essays on Medium....
Art and Thinkin' Propaganda Blues
ART "Shaman In The City" - 11 January 2023 - click HERE to see large. <br /> “Shaman In The City” on Behance </div> Thinkin' Propaganda Blues. This isn’t...
Musical Interlude — January 2023
Starting the new year off with some music. One of my favorite rabbit holes to fall into on the internet is YouTube — taking leaps and bounds to explore as...
Wrapping Up 2022
HAPPY NEW YEAR! "That's why I can't say enough times, whatever love you can get and give, whatever happiness you can filch or provide, every temporary...
The Reason for the Season
Something for Everyone On Your List. This piece includes the Dissertations of the Elves. <br /> The Reason For The Season. Something for Everyone On Your...
LXXI Secial Edition • 12/22/2022
At 8:31 a.m. —71 years ago today — I was born at Bellevue Hospital, NYC. The rest is hysterical. A video self-portrait from last year when I turned LXX (70)...
NOT Overheard in New York City
NOT Overheard in New York City in December Part One: The first 10 of 31 — Listen to things unsaid. <br /> 31 Things Not Overheard (1 of 3). December 2022 —...
If You Want To Sing Out, Sing Out . . .
This is the 87th edition of this newsletter.(Out of 85 subscribers — about 40-50 open the email every week—with a handful or two clicking/reading/listening...
Angels In The Bronx
During this visit to Woodlawn Cemetery, I began noticing the angels that were everywhere we went. They seemed quite comfortable with my photographing them....
Trees Among The Dead and Living
"If a tree grows in a cemetery . . ." — Zĕna Kōan <br /> Tree Magic In The Bronx. Splendor In The Cemetery | by aleXander hirka | Weeds & Wildflowers | Nov,...
Harshing The Holiday Mellow — (A Special Edition)
Siri, please take the holidays off the calendar. Harshing The Holiday Mellow (A Whimsical Environmental Diatribe) The Triumph of Consumerism <br /> Triumph...
COVID Comes To The Anomalous Duo
Where Did This Week Go?It began with a sore throat last Sunday evening—having to suppress coughs at the Bach Vespers we attended at Trinity Lutheran...
What are they selling at the Veterans Day Sale?
<br /> Friendly Fire - by AleXander Hirka - AleXanderHirka Coming From Behind and Inside </div>
Some Things For The Ladies
<br /> Get off yer Lysistrata, Ladies!. There Are Men To Wake Up, Wars To End | by aleXander hirka | Nov, 2022 | Medium There Are Men To Wake Up, Wars To End...
Just like real life, but different.
<br /> The Cartoon States Of America. So Good At Keeping it Unreal | by aleXander hirka | Rainbow Salad | Oct, 2022 | Medium So Good At Keeping it Unreal </div>
Special Video Extravaganza Edition
Thank you all who have taken the time to read my stories and essays, and enjoy some of the art/videos. Please consider responding to this newsletter in an...
Listen To The Old Folks
We may end up with no Medicare at all before there is a single-payer Medicare-For-All.Some observations and links to more detailed reading. <br /> Taking...
Observations in New York City
Under, Over, All Around Autumn Dispersals a poem of sorts <br /> Under, Over, All Around. Autumn Dispersals | by aleXander hirka | Rainbow Salad | Medium...