Barbados Time Pieces

Pearl Bainbridge – Edwards van Muijen Published in Contemporary Verse 2 – Fall 2000 Postcards Home Contest Winner – 1st Prize   Barbados Time Pieces   Arrival. The airplane banks over the island of Barbados. It is3:00 a.m. Land emerges,...

Downsize This! – Informal Essay

DOWNSIZE THIS! By: Pearl Bainbridge Informal essay   At our house recently, “downsizing” has become a dirty word. I am not referring to the corporate kind of downsizing, but the kind when you decide to eliminate a number of belongings from your place...