Tag Archives: living with addiction

Portraits of a War Photographer

Posted on May 12, 2013 by Tricia

Last week, between watching Sebastian Junger‘s beautiful film homage to his friend, Which Way Is the Front Line From Here? and reading Alan Huffman’s Here I Am: The Story of Tim Hetherington, War Photographer, I feel like I knew this remarkable man. … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged books, Bosnian war, Grief, healing, living with addiction, Love, time, war, work | 1 Comment

The Next Big Thing ‘Blog Hop’

Posted on February 24, 2013 by Tricia

Some time ago, the wonderful Nina Sankovitch, author of Tolstoy and the Purple Chair tagged me to participate in an online ‘blog-hop’ or ‘blog-tour’. If this were a relay race, my teammates would be wondering where the hell I was. Well, … Continue reading →

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I Read the News Today, Oh Boy.

Posted on February 3, 2013 by Tricia

The Sunday New York Times this week has three front page stories that disturbed me: President Claims Shooting as a Hobby, and the White House Offers Evidence By PETER BAKER and MARK LANDLER Pete Souza/The White House In a photo released by the … Continue reading →

Posted in Seasonal Musings, Uncategorized | Tagged aging, Grief, living with addiction, Love, memoir, suicide, time, work | 1 Comment

Moral Injury after War

Posted on November 25, 2012 by Tricia

Last week at the library, I picked up a book from a display set up for Veteran’s Day. Soul Repair: Recovering from Moral Injury after War by Rita Nakashima Brock and Gabriella Lettini. The authors, themselves having lived with the consequences of … Continue reading →

Posted in Seasonal Musings | Tagged Grief, healing, living with addiction, solitude, suicide, veteran, war | 4 Comments

How Much Does It Hurt?

Posted on November 4, 2012 by Tricia

I been having thinking about what I wrote in my last post, suggesting that hurricanes are not as terrible as war. It’s the suffering-comparison part that I’ve had second thoughts about. Over the last few post-storm days, as neighbors share … Continue reading →

Posted in Seasonal Musings | Tagged cancer, Grief, healing, living with addiction, suicide, time, war | 3 Comments

Look What Happened!

Posted on October 27, 2012 by Tricia

Not so long ago, the age I am now seemed impossibly old. But I don’t feel old. I refuse to join the AARP – not yet. Still, I have to face it – I am aging – and mostly, it’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Seasonal Musings | Tagged aging, Grief, healing, learning to relax, living with addiction, memoir, nature, time | 4 Comments

“Seek Shelter Now”

Posted on September 9, 2012 by Tricia

This alert was emailed out by on of the local newspapers: Seek shelter now. Surreally alarming, don’t you think? Tornado warnings are unusual in these parts and I’d wager that not many of us in the northeast know where we should … Continue reading →

Posted in Seasonal Musings | Tagged Bosnian war, living with addiction, memoir, nature, Norwalk, time, tornado, travel, United Nations, war | Leave a comment

Paying Attention for What’s Next

Posted on September 3, 2012 by Tricia

What next? I’ve been batting this question around quite a bit, especially inspired by seasonal changes. Back-to-school activity, Monarchs frenetically flying around in migration prep, evening and morning temperature drops, these shifts into autumn prompt my own search for another … Continue reading →

Posted in Seasonal Musings | Tagged back to school, Bosnian war, Grief, healing, living with addiction, memoir, morning, nature, seasons, solitude, suicide, time, war, writing | 2 Comments

A Closet of Journals

Posted on August 12, 2012 by Tricia

Stashed in my closet is a plastic bin overflowing with journals of scribbled emotions, recordings of events, travel notes. From adolescence up until a few years ago, I compulsively filled notebooks with thoughts, thrills, anxieties and dreams. It was as … Continue reading →

Posted in Seasonal Musings | Tagged Bosnian war, journal, Kyoto, living with addiction, memoir, motherhood, neighborhood, suicide, time, travel, United Nations, war, work, writing | 4 Comments

About Grief

Posted on July 4, 2012 by Tricia

During the run of Joan Didion’s Year of Magical Thinking in June, I was invited to write a guest post on grief for the Westport Country Playhouse’s blog. Here it is: A story not so different than my own June … Continue reading →

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