Monthly Archives: May 2007

closing time. girl at the door. walking boy. hospital bed. looking up. blue ward. light switch. hospital room. water. emergency room fan. sunglass graveyard.

I have been in sudan for over three months, but I have yet to fully arrive. I wonder at times if I ever will, if it is even possible. it seems part of me remains in canada, watching my friends … Continue reading →

last night, at 4:30 in the morning, I woke to the brrrrrr… brrrrrr… brrrrbrrrbrrr of gunfire. it was difficult to sleep after. I expected a call on the handset, another dead body, or someone wounded. or worse, more gunfire. it … Continue reading →

at this point in the story, the character’s eyes are closed nearly all the time. despite the fatigue, sleep eludes him. he is replaced with a halfness, a part of him awake, part of him not. at night he sleeps … Continue reading →

one of the members of our team is approaching the end of her mission. she has been here for just over five months. I have watched her go through the stages that I have gone through. I am watching her … Continue reading →