Linnea Ashley on August 16th, 2008

i watched splendor in the grass tonight. stayed up later than i need be awake to see its bittersweet finish. and i can’t get one of the last scenes out of my head. not the famous shot of deanie – natalie wood – clad flawlessly in white walking beside bud – covered in oil; instead […]

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Linnea Ashley on August 16th, 2008

how we give things and how they are taken are not always in agreement. a gesture in friendship can be taken as slight. i’ve recently slighted in the name of friendship. maybe for the sake of it. had no idea the damage my perspective could bring – my attempts to be anything but cruel. but […]

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Linnea Ashley on August 14th, 2008

my mother is one of the most thoughtful people i know. it is a quiet consideration for others – easy to take for granted unless you are paying attention. when i was in south africa she sent me a letter every single week i was there with the exception of while i was recovering in […]

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Linnea Ashley on July 31st, 2008

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Linnea Ashley on July 30th, 2008

Lately I’ve been having variations of the same conversation. The conversation is about relationships –male female possible marriage relationships. As the talks have all been with men I’ve known from anywhere between 10 and 21 years and not a woman in the mix I can’t tell if I’m crazy, or them, or if we’re just […]

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Linnea Ashley on July 28th, 2008

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Linnea Ashley on July 21st, 2008

My weekends have begun to blur…heck my weekdays have begun to blur. It used to be I didn’t work out because I was deeply and profoundly lazy. I’m still deeply lazy but now my not working out is much more the product of a busier life. All of a sudden I have stuff to do […]

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Linnea Ashley on July 12th, 2008

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Linnea Ashley on July 9th, 2008

the sun fades into itself. a thin gauze of smoke filters the light burning the yellow to orange and searing its reflection against all bodies of water…puddles and lakes and oceans.

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Linnea Ashley on July 8th, 2008

we drove north…well east according the the map but freeways are wonky in the bay area so direction is relative. the point is that we drove for a little over an hour – maybe an hour and a half. the point was to not be here for the three day weekend. sonia and i have […]

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