Joshua Wilner- A Writer Writes

The Silence Is Deafening

The first seder of Pesach 2025 has come and gone but the silence that accompanies it has been loud. It started like the sound of a …

I could write a story about the man who came after Wolfie & that time on Hampshire Road but that would be a work of fiction …

And this post starts with Johnny Cash singing Ain’t no grave while I look for the hook that will set the tone and the rhythm for …

Yesterday I sat a bench in the gym, pulled my hoodie off and turned it around so it fell upon a back like it was a cape. I …

Sometimes I have to remind myself of what Rilke said below and remember to have faith in that old phrase what is meant for you …

You could say the first part of this story started over here or you could say it started in May of '69. Almost a full 56 years …

It's thirty-one years since my Uncle Mark died and almost seven since his older brother, my father died. Their father, my grandpa …

Almost 30 years ago Henry Kissinger spoke at a trade show I was at. I remember going because my supervisor is among the very …

We were at the beach the last time I saw the rabbi, or so I recall. We knew each other from blogging but not well and we had very …

And we start with Simon & Garfunkel singing Bookends while I silently sing along inside my head. "Time it was, and what a …