Friday, June 24, 2005WHEN HOME IS NOT A SANCTUARYThe jackhammers were blasting away in the parking area outside my office window when I got into work yesterday morning. I knew this was not looking promising. The day had already gone a bit bad before I even left home. I'd gotten a call from my office manager, B- she was sick, had tried to make it... Sign in to see full entry.posted by Cynthia at 5:06 AM Comments (8) (link) Wednesday, June 22, 2005RECONSTRUCTING FAMILYThe photos were stacked neatly in a box. She had put some of the older ones in plastic zip-lock bags where she'd written in black felt tip pen some I.D. like "Henry Eriksen, father of Norman, Alice and Eustace". Eustace was the youngest and about ten years after this photo was taken, he became my... Sign in to see full entry.posted by Cynthia at 4:40 AM Comments (12) (link) Monday, June 20, 2005PAIN AND SUFFERINGDoes the experience of pain and the endurance of suffering make us better people? One of my favorite writers on Blogit, Ginnieb, wrote a post about how she has managed to get through recent months that have been marked by her triumph over much pain and the anxiety that being helpless or dependent on... Sign in to see full entry.posted by Cynthia at 3:48 PM Comments (5) (link) Sunday, June 19, 2005YOU CAN'T HAVE ONE WITHOUT THE OTHERThe richly complex scent of rotting and growing things assaults me as I round the bend. The pond is shrouded in early morning mist on my right, the sun is weakly beginning to show itself above the trees on the other side. It's been a wet, chilly spring. While the ground seems waterlogged all this... Sign in to see full entry.posted by Cynthia at 8:43 AM Comments (7) (link) Sunday, March 20, 2005HOW TWO STUPID WHITE MEN MADE MY DAYThe name Lawrence (or "Larry" as we folks here in Cambridge Massachusetts call him) H. Summers may not mean much to some of you but to anyone who went to Harvard, attends Harvard, wants to get into Harvard, works at Harvard, gives money to Harvard or cares in any way - shape - or form about Harvard,... Sign in to see full entry.posted by Cynthia at 7:45 AM Comments (5) (link) |
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