Tag Archive: tragedy

“Pink” lives again! Part 5

Painfully Pink Photograph copyright by Lynn Bridge In spite of his creeping dementia, Harry figures out one last thing about his life. To catch up with the tale, read Part 1, Part 2,… Continue reading

“Pink” lives again! Part 4

Volts Copyright by Lynn Bridge 6″ x 6″ x 1″ The story starring Harry is in full swing, and Harry’s dementia is his constant companion.  But, Harry is still able to make a… Continue reading

Hearing Voices

Today, I’m hearing voices in my head!  One of them is telling me to get busy on my new ‘Blog Triage’ class assignment from Cynthia Morris and Alyson Stanfield:  write a topical post… Continue reading

Night Lights

Our friends who were in Haiti to try to re-open the hospital in Leogane told the story of coming to the United States for a couple of weeks at Christmas to visit friends… Continue reading

Retirement

We have good friends who, after they “retired”, moved on to the really challenging projects, like spending 2003 building a nursing school in Leogane, Haiti.  They were called back again in 2009 to… Continue reading

Broken Lives

I’m sorry to say I have made another unfortunate mosaic today, and just after I posted on my flickr site such a happy, flowery one, too.  At first glance, this one looks flowery,… Continue reading

Blood and Tears

When I was in the car yesterday, I was listening to the evening news on National Public Radio, when “All Things Considered” came on with Ofeibea Quist-Arcton’s report on the September 28 massacre of pro-democracy protesters… Continue reading

Pink

Today, I am giving you an entire short story- a short short story. I wrote it many years ago and used some circumstances of my family’s life as plot.  The motivations and thoughts expressed… Continue reading

Silent Witnesses

Occurrences 1- Silent Witnesses One morning in June I was walking on the route that takes me past ball fields, beside a creek, and into a city park.  Along the way, there is an… Continue reading

Alone, Together

Emergency! Alone, Together Starting when it was just a newly-hatched community free-food-pantry, I have been volunteering for an organization of university-area churches called Micah 6, named after the passage from the book of Micah regarding… Continue reading