tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21629015.post992509079107506663..comments2024-03-04T12:44:00.261+00:00Comments on Debi Alper: The Revo Blog. Part 18Debihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09600815804658702077noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21629015.post-64792572390919890242017-12-16T01:11:10.800+00:002017-12-16T01:11:10.800+00:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.katehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06816946746595103127noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21629015.post-42719708092509569542016-12-14T08:20:53.042+00:002016-12-14T08:20:53.042+00:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Bloggerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07287821785570247118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21629015.post-45395168860037705632009-04-05T18:49:00.000+00:002009-04-05T18:49:00.000+00:00Debi, I do so hope you get to publish this beyond ...Debi, I do so hope you get to publish this beyond your blog. It is an awesome story and your writing is both inspired and poignant - and very vivid. It's so har, as Wordtryst says, to get one's head around this, yet you do such an amazing job of sharing your story.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04871239587214383387noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21629015.post-32892298568391184542009-04-03T06:41:00.000+00:002009-04-03T06:41:00.000+00:00"The present has shrunk to right now" - I would im..."The present has shrunk to right now" - I would imagine that to live in the moment would be the only way to get through something that must be rattling your sanity.<BR/>This should be published, Debi.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03665385782194826703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21629015.post-67398913548269954362009-04-01T10:05:00.000+00:002009-04-01T10:05:00.000+00:00So sad, the end of the revo. So much trauma and em...So sad, the end of the revo. So much trauma and emotion here. I supose in some ways, war is just the absolute extreme of all the bad things humans can do and be; all the mistakes we can make. But this one wasn't sought or supported by the majority of the Grenadians, so all very odd.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21629015.post-23189348922796032242009-04-01T08:31:00.000+00:002009-04-01T08:31:00.000+00:00Yes, Liane, it's mind bending to look back and see...Yes, Liane, it's mind bending to look back and see how the human brain attempts to impose normality on an entirely abnormal situation.<BR/><BR/>Yes - a giant tortoise shell. They're endangered, so it was a double whammy of contradictions. But they're also worth a fortune and when people are poor and desperate ...Debihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09600815804658702077noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21629015.post-65688961055509050452009-04-01T02:28:00.000+00:002009-04-01T02:28:00.000+00:00In the late afternoon, H and I go for a walk down ...<I>In the late afternoon, H and I go for a walk down Tempe road during one of the lulls. We reach Midway, where there's a small group of people liming...</I><BR/><BR/>I have to keep shaking my head because all of this is sending shivers down my neck. This is so hard for me to get my head around - the extraordinary and the ordinary intertwined in this surreal manner. <BR/><BR/>That description of the confused soldiers is as poignant as the rest to me. So young, barely men, just following orders and trying to believe in what they're doing. <BR/><BR/>Btw, what is a turtle back? Not the actual back of a turtle?Liane Spicerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05035607144500219524noreply@blogger.com