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Memories

Nightmares on Repeat

By Kristance Harlow | January 9, 2019 |
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My dream recall is vivid and detailed. For as long as I can remember, I’ve had nightmares so intense that they carry over into my waking life.

Counting the Hours to Counter the Fear

By Kristance Harlow | January 3, 2019 |
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I drift through the days, counting. I count the hours until the next meal, class or nap. I count the days until the next trip to town, the weeks until I am home, the months until I turn twenty-one, the money in my wallet, the crackers left in my room. How much longer until something else happens?

Dangerous Words and the Internet

By Kristance Harlow | December 28, 2018 |
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If I was home without a parent, I knew to answer the phone and say mom is in the shower or that dad is mowing the lawn. I knew to not open the door if anyone came knocking. I didn’t know I needed the same cautious self-protection when I logged on.

Is Dad Drinking Again?

By Kristance Harlow | October 2, 2018 |
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“Are you drinking again?” I said it. It was out. The question was with me only as long as I said it. I was trying to be casually supportive.

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Exploring Colonia Uruguay

By Kristance Harlow | November 30, 2015 |
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Colonia del Sacramento in Uruguay moves at a slower pace and is a much needed sanctuary from the never ending commotion of Buenos Aires, across the river in Argentina.

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The original hot tub time machine

By Kristance Harlow | February 21, 2014 |
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Do you remember the time machine? I wish I knew how to work it. I’d go get you if I did, but you were the captain and I never learned the controls.

Photography & Memory: Flashback To Living at a Tibetan Nunnery in the Himalayas of India

By Kristance Harlow | July 12, 2013 |
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The symbolism that saturates daily rituals in the nunnery may be religiously profound, but they are also just ordinary experiences to the people who live there.

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112

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112 & 999

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112, 999, 110

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112, 911, 999, 111, & 000

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