Author Archives: Susan

LITERATURE: The Classics

Posted on March 3, 2006 by Susan

One of the bestest things to come of my habit to read Philosophy concurrently with someone like Faulkner, McCarthy, Marquez, Steinbeck, etc., is the accessibility of the two and how they braid together, one teaching the other in their relationship. … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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BLOGGING: On Voices

Posted on March 3, 2006 by Susan

God bless blogging.  The freedom of speech that is slowly being taken away here in America is and always will be allowed by some Divine Power to exist.  I just wandered onto a site that is self-proclaimed as atheistic, and … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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REALITY? & WRITING: Randomly and Yet in Perfect Plan

Posted on March 3, 2006 by Susan

My thoughts today, I need to air them all to write them here as in a recent someone’s weblog defending blogging as a voice that can be heard and hearing voices of all that choose to speak, not then, to … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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REALITY?: On the Personal Side

Posted on March 3, 2006 by Susan

I tend to compartmentalize, rationalize, justify.  Bad runs are tagged by years.  Strange, even as I try to break the time barrier and the concept of minutes, hours, days, months, and the most important nanosecond in which decision changes the … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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STORIES: Over Walls and Under Fences

Posted on March 1, 2006 by Susan

There are some boundaries men were never meant to cross.  To marvel and ponder, yes, that which lay beyond the reach of human mind and aching fingers, but never to degrade the gods by returning to the ape he is … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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WRITING: Feedback

Posted on March 1, 2006 by Susan

I know I’ve mentioned Crapometer here before, but I must again say how helpful this website is as a workshop session for writers.  I just took the plunge with "Big  Tim Dawson" to get some suggestions and was very happy … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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REALITY?: Plaid

Posted on February 26, 2006 by Susan

Seventeen through thirty-three, dressed to the teeth with sheaths and crystal necklaces through the fifteen-inch skirts and six-inch platform shoes.  Off to the country then, raising corn and okra, cats and dogs and pigs.  Bikinis in the garden, sometimes just … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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REALITY?: Place

Posted on February 26, 2006 by Susan

Right now it looks like we most likely will not be moving to Arizona, and I’ve got mixed emotions on that.  While I am a perennial, transplanting held a certain allure.  New England is home to me but I felt … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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LITERATURE: Learning of the Mind of Man

Posted on February 25, 2006 by Susan

I have just gotten into Plato’s Symposium past sitting down to dinner, so the discussion of the topic of love is just about to begin and I’ll probably go through that today (McCarthy’s holding my reading interest right now!).  But … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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REALITY?: Parallel Universes

Posted on February 24, 2006 by Susan

Man, dark night is for the focus; morning light brings clarity and reason to expand upon the thoughts.  Of course we’re living many lives as one simultaneously; or then again, one live simultaneously moving in different directions.  The only problem … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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LITERATURE: Next Up in the Classics

Posted on February 23, 2006 by Susan

Before I do a formal finale on The Consolation of Philosophy I’m deliberating between Longinus’ Essay on the Sublime and Descartes’ Discourse on Method and Related Writings.  While I’m trying to work through my reading list chronologically, I do have … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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REALITY?: Everybody Loves Raymond

Posted on February 22, 2006 by Susan

Me included.  For some reason this show is on through the prime time, though since I’ve been catching up with it just for the past couple years (never watched it when it was current), I realize how very much I … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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BLOGGING: test

Posted on February 21, 2006 by Susan

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EDUCATION: Self-Teaching

Posted on February 21, 2006 by Susan

It is a hard thing to admit to oneself, but I am a lazy sot.  Unambitious, easily distracted, I excel at procrastination but come through on deadlines.  I’ve taught myself the workings of computers (except for the laptop–I never, never, … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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REALITY?: Learning Graphics Programs

Posted on February 21, 2006 by Susan

Ahah!  Just found a how-to book on Macromedia StudioMX and another on Dreamweaver amongst my pile of to-be-reads.  This naturally tosses Metamagical Themas out the window for now and I’m on to learning something new. Continue reading →

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