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Category: Of cabbages and kings

February 14, 2022 Of cabbages and kings

Here’s to the Maybes

Here’s to the Maybes, the Almosts, the Ones told “I can’t”, the Ones busied away. Do you ever think about where they must go Once you’ve relegated them to a footnote?

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December 20, 2021 Of cabbages and kings

My Empire of Hurt

I’ve been in bit of pain for the past few months. I’m starting to come out of it. And I hope everyone in the same boat can do the same too.

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Eliza Morse/Bleecker Street
November 20, 2021 Of cabbages and kings

India Sweets & Spices Review – Desi Representation & Colorism in Mainstream American Culture

India Sweets & Spices, about a girl named Alia who discovers family secrets during summer break, certainly does have imperfections. But I’m happy that it exists and that it adds to the growing (and never perfect) list of stories told about South Asians.

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October 11, 2021 Of cabbages and kings

Perchance

Perchance I just needed you to see me
Perchance I just needed a friend

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3d human with a red question mark
April 24, 2021 Of cabbages and kings

On Wants and Wanteds

I want to get to know you… slowly, so slowly, always searching, never caring about the destination
I wanted to hold your hand and feel you squeeze mine back

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October 21, 2020 Of cabbages and kings

On The Path of Being a Suitable Boy

On the life expectations placed on us and by us. What do you do when the only path you’ve ever thought about never seems to materialize.

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Amma - Birthday Zoom - 2020-06-22
June 22, 2020 Of cabbages and kings

Happy Birthday to the Rock of My Life

Happy birthday to my mother!! Well, yinz got a story about my father yesterday. Here’s one about the rock of our family, my mother:

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May 27, 2015 Locke / Of cabbages and kings

I Bought (Another) House – Wait, Why?

… or Shut-up State Farm, Your “Nevers” Commercial is Wrong! A few years ago, I moved out of my house in the ‘burbs into

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May 4, 2015 Of cabbages and kings

Hawkeye is the Best Avenger [SPOILERS!]

[SPOILER ALERT] after the jump! . . . . .

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True friendship is sharing chocolate milk
April 30, 2015 Of cabbages and kings

An Ode to Chocolate Milk

Years ago, I interned at a small tech firm in the suburbs of Pittsburgh. When we would go out for lunch, I would invariably

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