Author Archives: Susan

REALITY?: Sunday State of Mind

Posted on April 30, 2006 by Susan

Maybe this was partly what Sunday Mass was for: to stop the whirling world outside the big doors and think. A song keeps playing in my head, stuck on the same phrase like a needle skipping on the record–CDs and … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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NEW MEDIA: Realistically

Posted on April 29, 2006 by Susan

Besides the technical aspects of making story a multimedia event–and the time consumed in learning them, I might add–there is a host of natural, normal everyday occurrences that must be kept in mind when words are enhanced by visuals and … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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REALITY?: How to Behave in This Life While Considering the Next

Posted on April 29, 2006 by Susan

Tis a lovely spring day complete with chirping and color and sun.  Therefore, it is not as depressing to consider Socrates’ death as well as our own. Even if we buy the soul living on beyond the body, many do … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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REALITY?: S… List

Posted on April 29, 2006 by Susan

Some of you may remember a couple years back when I put the curse of all the Polish demons upon the head of the man who built my computer chair.  Backstory:  It is one of those pneumatic jobs and randomly … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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REALITY?: The Morning Crowd

Posted on April 28, 2006 by Susan

Flap-flap, phoooooooo.  Flap-flap-flap, phoooooooo.  The crow  rides the currents.  Screech and trill of the bluejay recalls pulling in the clothesline.  Yellow dot swoops in flight to land upon the topmost branch of a big old maple that’s bursting forth with … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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NEW MEDIA: Writing by Art

Posted on April 27, 2006 by Susan

There are fourteen of them; pen and ink renderings of local barns done by a local artist.  The detail amazes me, intricacy reflecting both skill and patience.  When he came in, I’d asked him if he’d yet done the barn … Continue reading →

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REALITY?: I Remember Mama

Posted on April 26, 2006 by Susan

I recall one evening after dinner; I had come back into the kitchen to help clean up. My mother was standing at the sink washing dishes, humming very quietly to herself. In the overhead light, dozens of small bubbles sparkled … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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REALITY: Cope and Rope

Posted on April 26, 2006 by Susan

That’s just the way the day goes, I suppose; rises with the sun and sets flatter than the horizon into night.  And in between, the good, the bad and the ugly:  found a place that will get the mirror with … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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REALITY?: True Love & Willie!

Posted on April 26, 2006 by Susan

Checked my e-mail to find a link from my husband to a Willie concert!  Now that’s love. However, I love him enough not to spend $193 per ticket (that’s right on the floor up close and fairly personal) to see … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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WRITING: One Good Novel In Me Yet?

Posted on April 26, 2006 by Susan

I stand waiting at the Communion rail. The priest in his High Holy Day purple robe is moving slowly towards me up the line of faithful, offering the grail of Holy Eucharist and cup of blood red wine.  Behind him, … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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REALITY? & LITERATURE: Making Sense

Posted on April 25, 2006 by Susan

A mix of thoughts today inspired by Plato’s Socrates, Orwell’s animals, Willie, and the four-year anniversary of the death of my mother; nearly two since my dad’s. Still sorting through Socrates’ pre-hemlock drinking discussion of the soul in Phaedo. He … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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REALITY?: Buy ‘Merican

Posted on April 25, 2006 by Susan

So here’s what’s gotten my knickers in a twist this morning:  As I was ironing, I noticed a label on one of Jim’s shirts, "Alex Cannon – Rowayton, CT" and this made me smile.  Then I noticed a much smaller … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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REALITY?: Willie

Posted on April 24, 2006 by Susan

So I fell asleep on the couch watching the early news and woke up to the late news. Read a bit and decided to go to bed but then wait…remembered that Willie is on Dave Letterman tonight.  Have to watch, … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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BLOGGING: Comment Authentication

Posted on April 23, 2006 by Susan

Goodness me, I just answered someone’s comment here and had to type in that annoying verification thingie.  I don’t remember setting that up and it just sprung up overnight on me.  I’ll see what I can do about it; I … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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REALITY?: Sunday Sermon

Posted on April 23, 2006 by Susan

Sitting on the couch/pew, listening/reading to the wisdom put forth by the priest/preacher/weblog writer on this rainy Sunday morning.  Today’s sermon touches beautifully well on the congregation’s/blogging community’s daily thoughts: You Suck.  But Enough About You Danny Gregory says what … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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