Archive - RaphaelWrites

My 90th Personal Essay Publication

(in The Ekphrastic Review: art, music, and something surprising)

Jul 2 •

June 2025

The Trees Reveal Their Secrets

(From Unbroken #44: Spectacular Passages)

Jun 25 •

10 Reasons Why 𝑨𝒏𝒚𝒐𝒏𝒆 Can Be a Writer

1--Because writing is just a craft like carpentry and if you can build a bookcase, you can write Infinite Jest, or at least Pride and Prejudice.

Jun 11 •

May 2025

My Dying Thoughts

(well...almost)

May 28 •

GI's Saved My Father from the Nazis

(A Memorial Day Tribute)

May 26 •

Streetwalker Stew

(another Mother's Day post)

May 14 •

So My Mother Killed Stalin

May 11 •

Marie Kondo's Travel Advice

May 7 •

April 2025

Welcome New Followers!

I’m still on break, catching up on new books like Pax by the amazing historian of Ancient Rome Tom Holland whose insights, and prose are sometimes…

Apr 24 •

March 2025

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