by lameredith | | Classic Posts, Domestic Violence
Recently, a legend from the fifties passed away quietly. Linda Pugach was a twenty year-old girl in 1959 when she left her older and married attorney-boyfriend. He subsequently hired men to throw lye in her face. They did. She was left disfigured and blind in one eye....
by lameredith | | Classic Posts, Interviews
Did you ever have a pen-pal? Author Tammy Harding -http://pennockislandproductions.com/ I did as a little kid. I got another one this year when a friend of mine had a chance-meeting at an airport with author Tammy Harding, and passed her e-mail to me. We’ve been...
by lameredith | | Classic Posts, Healing & Gratitude
I should have done it a long time ago. My good intentions to be a supportive mother, reliable worker, and consistent volunteer has has dealt a crushing blow to my rest and relaxation time. I knew I was in trouble when friend of mine asked me to get together, and...
by lameredith | | Child Abduction, Classic Posts
Liz’s Top Three– Local Women Fight to End Domestic Violence When 20 year-old Shannon Shockey was murdered by her former boyfriend 15 years ago, her aunts agreed never to let her memory fade. They’ve created a website–...
by lameredith | | Classic Posts, Domestic Violence
Is it me, or has this past year been especially violent towards young adult women? Maybe it’s simply that I have heightened awareness since my own daughters are now young adults, but a couple of stories have haunted me in recent months, that of local girl Samantha...
by lameredith | | Classic Posts, Family & Celebrations
What if you found out you were living a lie? That a family secret had kept you away from a sibling or parent that you did not even know existed? Mary Lou Lockhart, printed in Anchorage Daily News 12/9/12 Today’s Anchorage Daily News article What is Never Spoken...
