Author Archives: Susan

REALITY?: Whether

Posted on February 21, 2006 by Susan

Cold again cold again legwarmer cold.  More than a heart can stand of changes. Continue reading →

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LITERATURE: Format

Posted on February 20, 2006 by Susan

For the first time I’m reluctant to select from the pile.  There is no doubt that even as I’m catching up on the lit journals, I’m torn between the many other anthologies I have stacked up and the novels that … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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REALITY?: Wonderings

Posted on February 20, 2006 by Susan

What passes for life passes.  The golden ring of carousels promises another round, another ride, another chance.  A promise is a lie unless by happening it does become reality.  What hard head will disbelieve a promise? Continue reading →

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CURRENT AFFAIRS: Politically Correct B.S.

Posted on February 20, 2006 by Susan

Just heard this on the local tv station, WFSB, as a closing on Sports Sunday: Top three things heard at the Nascar Daytona 500: #3 – Is that a new tooth? #2 – Where do you park your house for … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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NEW MEDIA: Sliding Doors

Posted on February 19, 2006 by Susan

The 1998 movie Sliding Doors is on the Fox channel right now–started at noon.  We used this in our New Media class to present the forking paths life takes based on minute decisions made.  Good movie. Continue reading →

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WRITING: Throwing in the Towel

Posted on February 19, 2006 by Susan

At least for now.  Or rather, after one project is complete and then I’ll give it up for a while.  I don’t seem to have grown any recently in my writing, and it is no longer self satisfying to me … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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LITERATURE: Classics and Literary Fiction

Posted on February 19, 2006 by Susan

For the next few days I’m going to concentrate on finishing up Boethius’ The Consolation of Philosophy as I find it at a point where I need full attention to the logical pattern of argument that Philosophy presents in Book … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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REALITY?: Weather or Whether

Posted on February 18, 2006 by Susan

Blue sky nice day turnaround an inch of snow upon the ground; New England. Born and bred here like the indecisive weather whether we should stay or go this weekend makes the difference like the snow. Our lives turn on … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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REALITY?: Chocolate Gauge

Posted on February 17, 2006 by Susan

It seems sane to assume that one has eaten enough dark chocolate Hershey kisses when a tinfoil wrapper no longer covers the ball of those that have gone before. Continue reading →

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REALITY?: Running Hot and Cold

Posted on February 17, 2006 by Susan

Arizona, flowers bright and vivid blooming on short prickly trees that don’t need trimming.  No grass to cut, sand squishing in between your toes beachlike, but without an ocean rippling in to cool them.  Flat airy houses where eclectic doesn’t … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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REALITY?: Thoughtfulness

Posted on February 15, 2006 by Susan

How sweet and kind; a young man just stopped in and brought me a CD of Eva Cassidy to thank me for rushing a frame job through he brought in yesterday for a Valentine’s Gift to his wife. There really … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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REALITY?: Happiness Blips

Posted on February 15, 2006 by Susan

"Young man rhythm’s got a hold on me too, I’ve got the rockin’ pneumonia and the boogie-woogie flu…"  (Johnny Rivers) Temp high.  Why?  The temperature’s up and I saw the eagle and the phone rang too.  Temporary, transitory, uncontrolled.  Independent … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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REALITY?: Proofreading

Posted on February 13, 2006 by Susan

And so I sit, poring over two legal contracts, ink spread blurry in their facsimile form, with magnifying glass in hand to help clarify the handwritten notes.  The last few times, the last few unsigned contracts, one alone held eighteen … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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LITERATURE: The Study of It

Posted on February 13, 2006 by Susan

"It usually happens with poetry, but sometimes with certain short stories or novels, too: a student says, "Why can’t they just write it so people can understand?" And everyone in the class nods in agreement. Because what we read should … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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REALITY?: Words and Numbers

Posted on February 12, 2006 by Susan

No novel reading yet today, the time spent in rearranging words for show and tell in resume format.  Put forth the best foot, ignoring steps so deeply in the past they should not be tracked in view of present employment … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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