Linnea Ashley on September 18th, 2005

i’m at the lsu library for a quick moment to reflect, contact folks and stop sneezing. today we ventured to the homemade shelter for pets. not my idea of a good time but one of my new friends has been really awesome and wanted to try this out…bad idea of the allergy persuasion. i ended […]

Continue reading about a second to breathe

Linnea Ashley on September 17th, 2005

so two days here…and i’m tired beyon tired. all i can do is work and then sleep. heat and more heat… water and then peeing more water more peeing. and i’m so glad to be useful and i’m so glad to be moving but my oh my how tired am i. today we were out in […]

Continue reading about tired beyond tired

Linnea Ashley on September 10th, 2005

it is so easy to do…to get caught up in semantics. i’ve had whole arguments with people about wording or phrasing… heck, even pronounciation. but ultimately it is time spent arguing AROUND the point and not actually debating said point. example… right now everyone has their panies in a bunch over the use of the […]

Continue reading about on a different note

Linnea Ashley on September 10th, 2005

don’t fuss…for those of you who didn’t hear from me directly…i just found out my flight info this evening. it wasn’t a slight, just a slipping away of time. i decided that i need to DO something. so rather than lament this horrible event and cry over all the suffering i decided that i, unlike […]

Continue reading about departing on sunday

Linnea Ashley on September 10th, 2005

or if it is cement it isn’t quite dry yet. late this morning i got a phone call from crisis corps and had an impromptu interview. it was strange to be on the answering side of the questions after so long as a recruiter. it went well enough until she asked if i have had […]

Continue reading about all but cement

Linnea Ashley on September 9th, 2005

 Google maps is amazing. just for fun…or horror depending on your frame of mind…type an address into it, any address…say…mine…if you know it, and then click the katrina button…ummm yeah… on an upside…the water doesn’t look that high. maybe i managed to stay dry, and the windows in tact. at the very least, the roof […]

Continue reading about just for giggles…or not

Linnea Ashley on September 9th, 2005

in fact, this is the most i’ve written in a couple of years. it seems odd to me to be so far removed from what so moved me in another phase of my life. in college i was known for my words – poetry – articles – whatever was on my mind. i rarely went […]

Continue reading about i don't write much anymore

Linnea Ashley on September 7th, 2005

There is an unwritten understanding in new orleans. You don’t evacuate. Don’t get me wrong – no one will tell you not to. In fact, you may be encouraged to. But from old heads who’ve been around hurricanes for more than a season or two – packing up every time a storm passes our general […]

Continue reading about choices…help now or later

Linnea Ashley on September 5th, 2005

I am embroiled in a conflict of my own. Selfish absorption and sincere empathy. I’m on the brink of losing my sanity. Not in any real terms…I haven’t been trapped in the superdome. I haven’t felt the ripple of waves created by a floating body washing by me. I know I am lucky – people […]

Continue reading about a selfish me

Linnea Ashley on September 5th, 2005

Continue reading about hmmmmm….