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Ten Young Women
Written last year and re-posted in memory of the ten young women who died as a result of a tragic fire at Providence College, 35 years ago. We had our Christmas party that night, and there was wine....
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Two Blizzards
Traffic snarls around Kennedy Plaza in downtown Providence, R.I., on the afternoon of February 6, 1978, the first day of the 1978 blizzard. The 24-hour storm that pounded the Northeast crippled Rhode...
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“Bring All the Priests”
http://www.providence.edu Every year we remember, because we can’t ever forget. In the very early morning hours of Tuesday, December 13, 1977, a fire broke out on the 4th floor North of Aquinas Hall at...
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What December 13th Means to Us
War Memorial Grotto – Providence College For the past few years, I’ve posted here and again last year about a fire. A dormitory fire at Providence College on December 13, 1977 that claimed the lives of...
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The Memory of Sense
A scent can be so evocative as to bring back memories of a time long past. Your mother’s perfume, freshly-mowed grass, roasted turkey. When I was in college, I used a certain shampoo (whatever was...
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Our Day of Remembrance
I wasn’t sure what to title this annual tribute. My previous posts about December 13 are listed here, if you want to revisit them: https://marthareynoldswrites.com/2012/12/12/ten-young-women/...
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The Year of Living Minimally – Week Eight
My husband and I bought our first house in 1995, a few months after we married. I’d lived in at least six apartments before I met him, and each time I moved, I hauled boxes and bags full of my stuff to...
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What 40 Years Looks Like
This page is from the Providence College yearbook, ‘Veritas,’ in 1940, the year my father graduated from PC. Forty years! What is that to you? Blink of an eye? (As we get older, doesn’t time speed...
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A Bond Forever
Reprinted from an article in the Providence College alumni magazine, May 18, 2021. The family tradition that is Providence College has been manifested over the decades in many and various ways....
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45 Years is Nothing and Everything
There are days I feel as though I’m 80. Other days, I’m 19 again. Most days I’m Martha, 64, married, poor eyesight, always struggling with my weight, trying to do better. Writing books, telling...
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