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no beauty lost peace

Posted on October 24, 2010 by Linnea Ashley

Kampala, Uganda October 7, 2010 “I haven’t even been proposed to here, I think I’m insulted.” I was half joking but in retrospect I can hear how it must have sounded. No knowledge of my constant proposals in South Africa, … Continue reading →

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missing shoes

Posted on October 17, 2010 by Linnea Ashley

I wanted it to be worthy of him. As if anything would have been worthy of him. As if anything could say to the world, this was my friend. Magnificent. Brilliant. Generous. I wanted it to be worthy of him … Continue reading →

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ICU lament

Posted on October 13, 2010 by Linnea Ashley

She lay there. Still. Mechanical breath raising and lowering her chest with a slight pause – a stutter in the system. The monitors flashed green and red, moaned indecipherably, whirs and screeches that – unmet by rushing attendants – were … Continue reading →

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sipi showers

Posted on October 10, 2010 by Linnea Ashley

The sound, like distant thunder, vibrated in my ears. Constant. Dull. Roaring. The thin brown trail, a muddy groove tread into the lush greenery of the mountain side slipped underfoot, sucked at the bottom of my shoes, and cascaded rocks … Continue reading →

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unscheduled dinner party

Posted on September 27, 2010 by Linnea Ashley

Iganga Town, Uganda September 27, 2010 The power flickered. The surge protector, a metal box about three or four times the size of a box of Kleenex clicked off then on then off then on then off. I groaned. The … Continue reading →

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rocks at my window

Posted on September 25, 2010 by Linnea Ashley

Iganga Town, Uganda September 25, 2010 They smiled at me through my open window, me splayed out in the bed watching a movie on my laptop. I’d just pulled my earplugs out because I…I guess I heard them coming. Our … Continue reading →

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other beauty

Posted on September 25, 2010 by Linnea Ashley

Iganga Town, Uganda September 24, 2010 I love Zimbabwean noses, think John Amos from good times; Liberian bodies, ebony skin pulled taut and shiny over highlighted muscle. In Uganda it is the lips. Full, soft, dark. They defy comparison, only … Continue reading →

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tongues and wandering uteruses

Posted on September 22, 2010 by Linnea Ashley

by 11am i had been taken advantage of…twice…and was starving and tired. the ride into kampala, which in waiting terms began before 8am, was relatively quick. of course it would have helped if i had printed the conference information. instead … Continue reading →

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bubbles o’leary

Posted on September 20, 2010 by Linnea Ashley

September 19, 2010 Iganga Town, Uganda The music meandered from marvin gaye’s sexual healing with a techno beat dropped in, it to shakira’s world cup African anthem. Bubbles O’Leary, one of Kampala’s busiest night spots, was equally diverse. I spent … Continue reading →

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kill it to save it

Posted on September 20, 2010 by Linnea Ashley

The smoke plumes black and acrid, catching in the branches of the banana tree peering leisurely over my glass tipped fence. The plastic and coated paper smolder below, blue and orange flames peak and then disappear into the charred ooze … Continue reading →

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