by tashmcgill | Aug 11, 2014 | Culture & Ideas, Monologue, Prose & Poetry
I am fascinated by how relationships transform as people move in and out of one anothers lives. I came across an old photograph and was struck by this idea: the story of a woman contemplating the changes in her life and how she will live always anticipating the death...
by tashmcgill | Apr 4, 2014 | Culture & Ideas
I am surrounded by people who are dying. Some, slightly removed. Some I look in the eye every day. It appears common that there are two responses to terminal diagnosis, after the shock, grief and anger that is normal and healthy. The first seems to be the most common:...
by tashmcgill | Mar 13, 2011 | Culture & Ideas, Prose & Poetry
We were just kids walking to school, skipping classes, drinking too much Coke in the weekends and talking about small things as if the world depended on them. We believed the world would depend on us. We were well-intentioned, no matter how we played on the edges of...