After reading this Bremerton Sun article describing last night’s candlelight vigil, I wondered what is happening on this island. Even though I didn’t know any of the people involved, I felt struck by sadness. Five accidents in five days. What needs to change. What will it take to change. Grief by candlelight By Ann Strosnider, […]
Entries from August 2004
Party central is grieving
August 26th, 2004 · 1 Comment
Tags: island
Sad news for Bainbridge Island
August 24th, 2004 · Comments Off on Sad news for Bainbridge Island
Since Friday two teenagers have died in car crashes on Bainbridge Island. One young woman died yesterday. From The Bremerton Sun: A 16-year-old girl died early Monday morning when a 14-year-old driver crashed a Ford Explorer on Tolo Road, according to Bainbridge police. The 14-year-old was inexperienced and driving fast before the SUV hit a […]
Tags: island
Running against time
August 23rd, 2004 · Comments Off on Running against time
The Redhead is aware of her approaching birthdate and I’ve been aware of my age often as I’ve been watching the Olympics. I can remember being a child gazing at the athletes on screen, calculating how much older they were than I was, estimating how much time I still had if I wanted to be […]
Tags: journal
Babies in the blogosphere
August 21st, 2004 · 2 Comments
Ah the wonder of blogs…I wish I had had one during my pregnancies, so that we could have had fun with (tandem!) announcements and put RSS to an excellent purpose! But I rejoice in the good news I am finding in my aggregator… Enoch and Tania welcomed Aidan into the world this morning! Hurray! We […]
Tags: friends
Going bananas
August 21st, 2004 · 3 Comments
What two days of attempting to toliet-train a toddler (enticing her with banana chips) can do to you… At least as a mom, I can take comfort in Shimon’s piece: Failure Is Normal…
Tags: motherhood
