Jacob Lawrence, The Life of John Brown No 19. Sunday, October 16, 1859, John Brown with a company of 21 men, white and black, marched on Harper's Ferry. (1941)
Workbook: October, 2009
October 31, 2009 : We stopped for lunch on the road from Great Falls...
October 30, 2009 : There was a woman on my babysitters' street...
October 29, 2009 : Years and years and years later...
October 28, 2009 : Sleep in the empty main room, to better hear the rain.
October 27, 2009 : Low energy...
October 26, 2009 : If I had that money now I could take two years...
October 25, 2009 : She married a man whose name I know.
October 24, 2009 : Another missed possibility...
October 23, 2009 : Summers alone with books.
October 22, 2009 : Red booths, naugahyde or vinyl, in the bar and the café.
October 21, 2009 : Next step forward, we're here.
October 20, 2009 : A screaming comes across...
October 19, 2009 : Boy genius, who isn't.
October 18, 2009 : The woman he bonded with most deeply was a sub...
October 17, 2009 : "It's just... good... business."
October 16, 2009 : Childhood phrase:
October 15, 2009 : I am being productive.
October 14, 2009 : Think about that. How a simple gesture can change a person's life.
October 13, 2009 : Rescued, maybe in the nick of time, by two women who could never have been more different.
October 12, 2009 : A year in your room.
October 11, 2009 : Caffeine withdrawal.
October 10, 2009 : There was another, who said she loved me.
October 9, 2009 : The things I wanted so much, hijacked by compassion.
October 8, 2009 : That early depression started earlier than I'd remembered.
October 7, 2009 : I went to visit her once, in college.
October 6, 2009 : It's an ugly story...
October 5, 2009 : In my yearbook photo I look thin, awkward, and depressed.
October 4, 2009 : In his yearbook photo he looks kind, and thin, and embarrassed.
October 3, 2009 : In her yearbook photo she looks kind, and beautiful, and afraid.
October 2, 2009 : There was a diary of that day....
October 1, 2009 : It's an autobiography, of sorts.
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