Author Archives: Susan

LITERATURE: Bowmen’s Bulletin

Posted on June 5, 2006 by Susan

Well ain’t this neat; someone Googled "Bowmen’s Bulletin" and ended up here at Spinning.  Following the trail back in good hyperlink form, I came to e-bay and discovered it is being sold at auction. Together with my friend Louis (he … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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REALITY?: Rainy Day Saturdays

Posted on June 3, 2006 by Susan

Taking a break in the shop, minimizing, maximizing short stories in Word as I proofread.  Check e-mail, check Bloglines, play Slider Tiles, and read Section P, pages 241 through 280 of A Writer’s Reference.  The easily recognized roar of a … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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REALITY?: It’s Planted!

Posted on June 2, 2006 by Susan

Three kinds of tomatoes, hot and sweet peppers, yellow squash, cucumbers, turnips, lettuce, dill, radishi, basil, green beans, cilantro, leeks, dahlias, poppies and phlox.

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REALITY?: Morning Garden

Posted on June 2, 2006 by Susan

I work alone to music of the birds of early morning, their chirping sharper in the dampness still clinging from the night rain.  The soil is dark with wetness, each surviving weed a telltale brighter green.  The hoe cuts through … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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NEW MEDIA: Patchwork Girl – Interactive Fiction

Posted on June 1, 2006 by Susan

Just got a few minutes between tomatoes and squash today to play this piece, but am beginning to feel a bit more comfortable in it.  (YES.  I DID read the manual finally.) When I say "in it," that’s pretty much … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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REALITY?: Wasted Space

Posted on June 1, 2006 by Susan

This is another one of my odd discoveries that I seem to be making in this latter part of life, so pass it by if you’ve not the head for it today. Lying in bed last night, in position on … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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REALITY?: June Agenda

Posted on June 1, 2006 by Susan

Happy June. That said, let’s move on to the nitty gritty business end of what the month means.  Gardening:  All million petunias have been set into soil somewhere or another.  If they don’t like it there, they can die if … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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NEW MEDIA: Patchwork Girl – Getting Started

Posted on June 1, 2006 by Susan

Of course I downloaded this and got right into it without having much of an idea how this particular program works.  Manual?  I don’t need no stinkin’ manual!  Until later.  When I thought the CD was a lemon.  Then I … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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REALITY?: Changing and Staying the Same

Posted on May 31, 2006 by Susan

Tonight is the Tunxis CC graduation.  My congratulations to them all along with best wishes to move along with all the tools they’ve been given to build something greater for themselves than they had with them before they entered. One … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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NEW MEDIA & LITERATURE: I got it! I got it! I got it!

Posted on May 31, 2006 by Susan

On Mark Bernstein’s recommendation I placed the online order on Sunday. This morning I checked UPS and found this: Package Progress: Location Date Local Time Activity WATERTOWN,  CT,  US 05/31/2006 6:48 A.M. OUT FOR DELIVERY 05/31/2006 6:30 A.M. ARRIVAL SCAN … Continue reading →

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REALITY?: Capitalism vs. Free Enterprise

Posted on May 31, 2006 by Susan

Once upon a time they meant the same.  I have always tried to support the locals.  Feeling useless to help the world at large; feeling that in this way too, the purchasing of goods as well as in the aid … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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REALITY?: Gardening

Posted on May 30, 2006 by Susan

Two days dirty, soil encrusted even in my ears.  Bone weary tired and sweaty, stopping now and then to settle in the shade with watered ice and one book or another for just a while.  The sun so hot, hot … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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NEW MEDIA: On the trail(s)

Posted on May 30, 2006 by Susan

Good top-off to the day:  "Your Eastgate order is being shipped today via UPS Ground." Continue reading →

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NEW MEDIA: Story

Posted on May 29, 2006 by Susan

In thinking more in terms of hypertext in planning any writing, I find that while any story will lend itself to the form, some are more natural to it than others.  I have one complete (Paths) that is set out … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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REALITY?: Teamwork

Posted on May 29, 2006 by Susan

Sun hotter than a week ago, I feel it burning on my arms in pulling weeds and hoeing up the garden.  Too much work; today the pain reminds me of my age and yet there is a drive within to … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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