Posts Tagged ‘college’
|Taking Addictive Drugs as a Recovering Alcoholic
Written by Drusilla on August 12th, 2014
(Dictated by Dru to Art)
I was a junior in college the first time I knowingly took a mind-altering drug. Living in a great little apartment on San Salvador Street in San Jose, California, I was carrying a heavy academic load: dual majors in English and Drama. One weekend I escaped to my parents’ home, dragging with me books on costume design, stage lighting, 18th century poetry, and other useful subjects. My intention was to study round-the-clock.
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Filed under Family & Friends, Life Matters | Tags: Addiction, cancer, college, Drugs
Old Friends
Written by Drusilla on February 24th, 2011
I just finished a long and then very long email to a friend from college, a woman I see maybe once every five years and with whom I correspond maybe twice a year. As I was writing, I found myself speaking more candidly than I would to most people. I started to remember what she looked like at twenty, the way her hair was always a dark, smooth and shiny cap while mine was mouse-brown, curly and untidy. Her smile was beautiful and still is. I was good at smiling so I didn’t envy her that. But the hair, the hair! And guess what? She still has it and I’m still envious!
Filed under Family & Friends, Writing | Tags: college, Drusilla Campbell, old friends, writing