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 Gift

May 8, 2022.Reading time 19 minutes.

Happy Mother’s Day! In honor of today and the memory of my later mother, I’m sharing an essay I wrote about our bond last spring. I hope that my words bring solace to those who have lost their mother and struggle with this day. The Gift Sixteen years ago, my mother passed away suddenly and […]

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Winning At All Costs: Dirty Tricks in American Politics

February 23, 2022.Reading time 9 minutes.

“You know it’s s really a shame how they did that, man.” It is January 1989. My Grandma is on the phone. I am unsure who she is talking to, but I know who she is talking about. The man in question is Massachusetts Governor Michael Dukakis, who’d lost the presidential election to George H.W. […]

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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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