Friends

Linnea Ashley on March 15th, 2007

my wandering ways are not new. as a military brat we moved a fair bit. i said hello and goodbye enough to get used to the taste – even to like it. as much as saying goodbye sucks, saying hello is scary and interesting and full of potential. mistakes made get to be learned from […]

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Linnea Ashley on March 2nd, 2007

i moaned on stage. legs shaking…smirk spreading across my face. in private maybe it wouldn’t be such a big deal. alone, behind closed doors. even among old friends. but my audience was speckled with new friends and professors. today was my debut in the vagina monologues. it went well. the crowd wasn’t as large as […]

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Linnea Ashley on February 26th, 2007

the hardest part about letting go of a friendship is losing the intimacy…the special club that knows the secret passwords and handshakes…hell…that knows the secrets. saying goodbye, even for good and healthy reasons, doesn’t make that transition to stranger and bystander any easier. all of a sudden this person who still knows the heart of […]

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Linnea Ashley on January 1st, 2007

i moaned and complained about not having my girlfriends while i was in zed. i had my man, school, a job and such…overwhelmingly life was good. i had friends that were girls…good friends…but i missed my crew of women that have known me anywhere from 7 to 15 years. my recent time in new york […]

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Linnea Ashley on October 6th, 2005

Spell bananas b-a-n-a-n-a-s…I never realized what the heck dear gwen was saying in that song. Having heard it all night and day yesterday I’m even less sure what she means. But then how much does meaning mean when you are busy dancing your heart out in the middle of the always foul-smelling but bordering on […]

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