Author Archives: Susan

REALITY?: Tension

Posted on May 5, 2006 by Susan

Battle-beaten, bleeding, I walk into another war.  Pacifist of head, crusader of heart, the first round of volleys are firing within me before the first blare of the trumpet’s call. Wounded, yet still mentally struggling pros against cons in some … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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REALITY?: Back to the Backyard Philosophy

Posted on May 5, 2006 by Susan

It has been a while since I’ve sat and really looked beyond grass and trees (or snow) to see things in the backyard as other than just what they are.  It used to be an everyday occurrence; it stopped I … Continue reading →

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WRITING: Fiction and Not

Posted on May 4, 2006 by Susan

Reality teaches story, and writing can teach something about life.  While experience has some great story to it, it is often too difficult to write about it as is.  Sometimes it shows up in bits and pieces in stories about … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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REALITY?: Place and Time

Posted on May 4, 2006 by Susan

Today is a day when I wish the world were flat and I could just walk off the edge and float away. It’s been a trying and emotional week, disappointment in people and things happening.  Though there is good news … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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REALITY?: It Happened One Night

Posted on May 4, 2006 by Susan

Late last night, multitasking on the sofa.  Bifocals on for watching TV, working, playing on the computer.  Listening and hearing an intrusion of sound:  soft squeal of braking tires on wet pavement, soft deadly thump.  The car leaves before I … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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REALITY?: May in Metaphor

Posted on May 3, 2006 by Susan

May’s fragrant snow falls in a flutter of apple blossom petals. Continue reading →

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NEW MEDIA: Egg Flash

Posted on May 3, 2006 by Susan

True to form, the moment I post a whine the guilt turns to inspiration and action. So there were several images I took of an egg in various poses (as much as I could coax out of my model) and … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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NEW MEDIA & WRITING: Pause

Posted on May 2, 2006 by Susan

Haven’t played with Flash8 in a week; feeling weary and worn out and useless.  Feeling I’m not up to this, feeling who am I kidding?  Until I have the playtime for myself–and that means chores all done–don’t feel I should … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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INTERACTIVE FICTION: Quoth

Posted on May 2, 2006 by Susan

Wow.  Looks like some neat new stuff happening in IF with sound and relationships.  Check out Quoth. (Thanks to Dennis Jerz for the link) Continue reading →

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STORIES: Weather Whether

Posted on May 2, 2006 by Susan

Bad time for the needed rain to fall this day and those to follow.  Hard looking for the sun to stimulate the soul.  To melt the frost laid down low in words I didn’t mean or meant because there hadn’t … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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WRITING: Mood

Posted on May 1, 2006 by Susan

Shallow breathing, taking in enough just to keep her head alive.  The rest of her, a rock that doesn’t need it.  Hardened into stone, silver sparkled granite, sharpened edges cutting into space.  Unmoving with the inhalation, melting more in whispered … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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WRITING: Character

Posted on May 1, 2006 by Susan

Some people can reach in and curl their fingers around your heart because you’ve let them.  Or ride the wavelengths of your mind in synchrony of thought.  Never fear to show the pathways, never lock the doors. Continue reading →

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REALITY?: Advertising

Posted on May 1, 2006 by Susan

Sometimes even good advertising goes bad.  Here (in New England) we have the Red Lobster restaurant chain.  Twice I fell for their mouth-watering television displays of heaping plates, particularly their 30-shrimp specials–piles of shrimp offered in several delicious sounding (and … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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REALITY?: Space

Posted on May 1, 2006 by Susan

A spider shares the morning shower, clinging to a drop of water on the wall.  But water multiplied becomes a force, and he is washed down to the floor of the tub.  He doesn’t move; I think he’s dead.  But … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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REALITY?: Of Birds, Shirts and Motorcycles

Posted on April 30, 2006 by Susan

Beautiful day today.  A good day.  The cardinals have forgiven me for my sad neglect of them and have returned to the feeder within an hour of my filling it.  The outdoors calls to my heart but I respond to … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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