TL;DR: If you’re looking for an overview of the modern history of the Israel/Palestine conflict, this is an excellent place to start. The...

Biggest Accomplishment This year's main accomplishment is finishing the first draft of my work in progress. I wrote almost 70k words in...

Last week, I launched my first short story collection, Human Fragments. It’s self-published and free and digital-only, so obviously, it's...

Read this on galpod.com. I love it when things click into place. I thought and deliberated for a long while (some here, some IRL) about...

Read this on galpod.com. This week, I thought about everything that had to happen for me to be here. Or, from a Jewish Polish...

Read this on galpod.com . I’ve been thinking about spaces recently. In the wake of the horrific terror attack on October 7th and the...

Read this on galpod.com . The last month has been terrible. Sorry to be a downer, but it has. It started on October 7th. I woke up to my...

Read this on galpod.com. My Dearest, My, how you’ve grown this year. You’re almost as tall as your father, and I barely recognise you...

Read this on galpod.com. I haven’t been writing in the past week. It’s been too difficult. I have no words. This post isn’t so much...

Read this on galpod.com. I found myself wondering about the origin of the word cure and whether it is related to the word secure. I...

Read this on galpod.com. While AI can’t replace human writers, I think it’s an excellent tool for human writers. Not to write for us—as I...

Read this on galpod.com. Last week, I had a horrible day. I’m talking a don’t-see-a-point-in-getting-out-of-bed kind of day. An...

Read this on galpod.com. I recently read Good Years by Maya Arad (in Hebrew). It tells the story of an Israeli living in the US through...

Read this on galpod.com. TL;DR: Read it. I downloaded this book while we were on our summer trip. To be honest, I wanted something light...

Read this on galpod.com. Sorry, I had to. Puns make me happy. This August, I found myself teeming with creativity and getting a lot done....

Read this on galpod.com. Programming note: the newsletter is taking July and August off to spend more time with its family. Regular...

Read this on galpod.com. A while back (over four years ago, actually), I wrote about using the word partner rather than husband. Lately,...

Read this on galpod.com. I go around the productivity carousel quite often. The carousel consists of fairly established points: first, I...

Read this on galpod.com. My love, My, how you’ve grown this year. We’ve had quite a busy year with a lot of travel. Travel is hard. It...

Read this on galpod.com. During half term, we went to Italy to hike the trails near Madonna Di Campiglio and see some family by Garda...