Dont Look Back
Bob Dylan wrote: "She's got everything she needs / she's an artist / she don't look back"Do the work and don't look back at the response. I usually run with...
Beethoven, Martin Luther King, and US Military
Let's start the new year with some music.As I've written before, while I've always enjoyed some pieces by Ludwig, a couple of years ago I became an over-the-...
The Anomalous Duo At The Movies
First . . . A big welcome to the bunch of friends who recently signed up for this little newsletter.I'll keep it flowing, about every week+ — with links to...
Book/s for the New Year
A new year approaches. Make time to read some good books. I had a very lucky year in that out of the fifteen books I read, five were the amazing kind that...
Last Exit
As the new year enters I will be closing a door — one which I entered 15 years and 3 months ago. I will be leaving behind the 3 billion+ members of my...
A Figment Of Christmas Past
The final story to be published — on December 15 — by the 71-year-old writer AleXander Hirka.On 22 December he began his 72nd spin around the sun. A tale of...
Writings To Be Read
First things first.My life/art partner Tammy's book — "Plague Year —New York City 2020" has been published. Book cover design by AleXander Hirka The first...
December
December is my birth month.My astrologer (sic) said that the time I was born on, on the 22nd, just barely qualifies me as a Sagittarius. An hour or two later...
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LINOLEUM - a new short poem/story New Linoleum. Stand Back And Admire | by aleXander hirka | Rainbow Salad | Nov, 2023 | Medium Stand Back And Admire </div>...
On A Roll
Following the success of my piece "Armistice Is UnAmerican" (boosted as it was by the editorial team at Medium — hope you read it) — I bring you some words...
New Words & New Art
WORDS Fast and free to my newsletter friends.Just published in Counter Arts . . . And it has been selected for a "boost" by the Medium Editorial staff . . ....
Books (Because Required Shopping Season)
Now that almost all the Halloween candy around the country has been devoured — its wrappers joining all the decorations and costumes stampeding towards the...
Time (You Can't Save It)
It's just a parlor trick!A very short story about time . . . Daylight Savings. Heliocentric II | by aleXander hirka | Medium Heliocentric II </div> "The Last...
Voices In My Head
Hope you find some Awe or inspiration amidst all the many goodies in this edition . . . My latest written piece in Counter Arts on Medium. Voices In My Head....
Ahimsa
AHIMSA is the ancient Indian principle of nonviolence which applies to actions towards all living beings. It is a key virtue in Indian religions like...
Special John Lennon edition
John Lennon's birthday - 9 October 2023 - Strawberry Fields, New York City 14 minute video —In My Life / If I Needed Someone / I Want To Tell You / I Got A...
Last Words & Poetic Words
"Pity, pity — too late!" — the last words of Ludwig van Beethoven, as the dying composer was told of a gift of twelve bottles of wine from his publisher. And...
Songs of Autumn
In the 1990s I put together a mix-compilation of songs — under the banner of “September” — on something called a cassette tape (and shared it with my...
Falling Memories
What we choose to remember and what we choose to forget.Patriotism is a demanding master — and the convoluted memories that serve it are extremely selective...
Mud, and Fiction
The mass media loves disasters — it sells newspapers and gets clicks and thus makes the adverti$ers happy — and so, certainly most of you heard about the...