Author: ExiledMind

A native Seattleite and recent East Coast transplant, I have been interested in politics, religion, and race from the day I saw “The Autobiography of Malcolm X” on the bookshelf belonging to my BFF’s mom back in 1991. While my zealotry has thankfully diminished with maturity, I remain the deep thinking, passionate, and humble woman I have always been. I reside in the suburbs of NYC with my husband, daughter, and our two feisty but deeply loved cats.

The Evidence of Things Not Seen

November 9, 2021.Reading time 4 minutes.

I visited Washington, DC, in the first week of November to meet up with a few of my close friends. It was my second time visiting my nation’s capital, and it enchants me more with each trip.   While in DC, we spent a day at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum and the National […]

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Sands of Time

September 15, 2021.Reading time 2 minutes.

In today’s microblog, I discuss one of the critical things I learned from my mother’s premature death and how it impacts today’s outlook.

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Unyielding

August 30, 2021.Reading time 10 minutes.

I am sitting across from my cousin Leecee on a balmy Thursday evening, sipping on rum punch. Her luminous, almond-shaped brown eyes glow as she animatedly fills me in on her new position and regales me with tales of working on The Hill. It is hard to believe that this is the little girl who […]

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