Author Archives: Susan

REALITY: November

Posted on November 4, 2005 by Susan

Had this perfect warm-winded by the sun, green-leaves slashed among the orange, gold and red, take your jacket off and tie it round your waist day come in September, it would not be the treasure that it is on this … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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REALITY: Time Warps

Posted on November 3, 2005 by Susan

Wish that we could as we can with our weblogs wipe out the past with a press of a button.  Last post deleted when saneness returns and I grow and I grow up to be what’s known as mature though … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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REALITY: Fast Flying Things

Posted on November 3, 2005 by Susan

Gosh darn.  Goll dang.  Golly gee. Crap.  There’s a bird in my shop.  Just when I got it heated up nicely I have to leave the door wide open and hope he flies out.  In the meantime, I’ve had to … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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REALITY: Moving

Posted on November 2, 2005 by Susan

Autumn winds blow through my mind and scatter all the leaves of this and that which make a life and memory.  With rake of wiser times I gather into piles to burn and those to use as mulch to turn … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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REALITY: Today

Posted on November 2, 2005 by Susan

Beautiful sun-shiney light the trees aflame with color after a night’s soft rain day today.  Multi-tasking as framer, editor and just plain old woman to keep mind and hands busy, productive, unworried. Continue reading →

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REALITY: Logic and Religious Theory

Posted on November 1, 2005 by Susan

One of my strongest arguments for the existence of a Supreme Being is that in a random universe, most of the crap wouldn’t be dumped on just a few people.  Nooo, there’s some planning here. Continue reading →

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EDGAR & I: Halloween

Posted on November 1, 2005 by Susan

Here we sit at two in the morning, Edgar with his Absinthe, me dying for a goblet of Chartreuse, with an overflowing bowl of candy untouched by rotting corpse fingers or a witch’s green claws.  Not a ghost, goblin or … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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WRITING: Creative Flow

Posted on November 1, 2005 by Susan

Remember how "eloquently" I posted that bit about creativity returning via "swallowing the muse?"  Well, follow the metaphor out to its inevitable conclusion and you’ll see where I stand creatively the last few days.  I think the idea of trying … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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WRITING: Expletives (Should be) Deleted

Posted on November 1, 2005 by Susan

Honestly, I don’t think that anything screams first semester creative writing class louder in a short story or poem than having fuck sprinkled liberally throughout for no damn good reason.  It is as if the college level course liberates and … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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LITERATURE: A Different Reading

Posted on October 31, 2005 by Susan

I’m plowing through Ploughshares, but it’s just not the same.  It’s strange to read without stopping with an audible Ahhhh.  Although the writing is fine, and the stories are interesting, nothing yet so awesome as to click somewhere with style … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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LITERATURE: Discussions

Posted on October 30, 2005 by Susan

Well here ya go, my complaints of the lack of comments and discussions here at Spinning answered; a book club right at our local library that meets Tuesday mornings and/or evenings to discuss a selected book.  Up for review:  Oswald … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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BLOGGING: Space & Place

Posted on October 30, 2005 by Susan

In checking in on comments and stats, I’ve found only a very limited number of readers interested in my reading reviews, and those few are not interested in the personal nor the writing exercises.  Am I needy?  A whiner?  Probably.  … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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LITERATURE: On the Table

Posted on October 29, 2005 by Susan

Although I want so badly I can taste the urge to pick back up McCarthy, I am holding off to explore some new horizons. Novel:  The Body Artist by Don DeLillo.  I have no idea where or when I picked … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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REALITY: Subscriptions

Posted on October 29, 2005 by Susan

An offer came today, a free subscription to New England Home.  A few years back I read magazines like this religiously, poring over the ideas in decorating, planning the addition of a family room, new kitchen, second bath, laundry room … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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REALITY: Dreamin’

Posted on October 29, 2005 by Susan

Wow.  Was out in the shop before it got light out, decided after a bit that I wouldn’t last the day.  Went back in for a brief nap if possible. Wow.  Woke a few minutes ago, stumbled back out here … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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