Do I Feel the Pain?

by Chloe - 7 June 2009

Phil asked me in regard to my Third Hike "Do you feel the pain at all?" I’m taking this to refer only to physical pain. It seems like a simple question, and the simple answer is "yes." However, the more I thought about it the more complicated the answer seemed to be. The question itself is not as simple as might first appear. There are mitigating factors which may lessen my pain:

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The Handless Maiden

by Chloe - 27 May 2009

Tear stains are subtle. But if you look carefully you will find them on most of the pages of my copy. Tom recommended "The Handless Maiden" to me. My partner gave me the novel by Loranne Brown for my birthday.

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First Hike

by Chloe - 24 May 2009

It’s time for the first hike of the year. What will I think? What will I feel? I often have an intense internal dialog when I hike. It’s not that I’m insane. Right? I don’t say anything out loud. I don’t have multiple personality disorder. It’s just me talking to me. Everybody does it. Right? I’m not going to censor this.

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DAK Diaries – Part I

by Jolina - 18 September 2008

My night was hell again – in a way. I was online, watching the Paralympics and partly chatting with different people until 8.45 a.m. Saturday morning. Me being awake again for over 30 hours was not due to nervousness. I think I broke through the wall of that somewhen between Thursday and Friday or Thursday during the day already. Since then I’m headed towards a weird kind of serenity. Unfortunately I am not quite at the point where I don’t care anymore.

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