Author Archives: Susan

REALITY: Terrorist Garden

Posted on July 24, 2005 by Susan

I wash my hands of the despair of life.  Headlines screaming cars that play at ninety miles an hour; the game called by skids and screams and the solid stillness of a tree.  Across the sea more cars and bigger … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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LITERATURE: Reading My World

Posted on July 23, 2005 by Susan

For one odd moment in the afternoon, I saw my nose and suddenly I felt confined within my head, living somewhere behind my eyes, all of me.  Eyes not windows to the soul alone, but now portals from which I … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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EDUCATION: Reading

Posted on July 23, 2005 by Susan

Just finished listening to the last of what turned out to be a 347-slide audio presentation in Nutrition for the last section of the Nutrition course. In contrast to my other reading, what I gleaned from the lecture notes, slides, … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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LITERATURE: Reading & Writing

Posted on July 23, 2005 by Susan

Hard night’s sleep again last night, and so I rise me up and wander through the dark.  Feed my body from the refrigerator, feed my soul and mind in books.  But did I? Just now, as I write, I question … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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REALITY: Small Town Politics

Posted on July 22, 2005 by Susan

First, let me say that while there are most definitely small town politics here (just ask me some time about trying to get a sign put out on my shop and the b.s. I went through until I got creative … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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BLOGGING: Spinning Off in a New Direction

Posted on July 22, 2005 by Susan

I’ve said this before, and maybe it is just the cool but slowly warming up Friday morning, and the fact that voles have destroyed my best jalapeno plant, but I’m planning on steering Spinning back on track (thus not really … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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EDUCATION: And Political Correctness

Posted on July 21, 2005 by Susan

I knew it’d show up eventually. I’ve gone on and on about this before, that either politics or some cockamaimie superficial but politically correct term slips out in each and every course on a college campus. And here it is: … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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REALITY: To Do List

Posted on July 21, 2005 by Susan

Finish final course and frame degree.  Put back books finished to the bookcase, count: when ten are gone from hearth, hit shopping cart at amazon.com–I’m halfway there.  Iron, iron, iron, take down curtains, wash and iron.  Speaking of, sew drapes … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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LITERATURE: A Different Path

Posted on July 21, 2005 by Susan

I have had Michael Arnzen’s “100 Jolts” since it first came out, and he has since published a new novel called “Play Dead.” I think that for the short story category of my reading journey, I shall put this next … Continue reading →

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WRITING: Meeting & Eating

Posted on July 20, 2005 by Susan

Good, good meeting tonight with our small band of writer-types.  I like the meetings small, more intimate and focused, no matter the makeup of the crew. We start out with food, then some pornographic poetry.  We go from giggling teenie-boppers … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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WRITING: Moonstruck

Posted on July 20, 2005 by Susan

Rough time last night, just about to lose my mind to conscious thought when one stirs up and leaves me wide-eyed and useless for any further dreaming.  I slip out of bed, berobe myself and walk the hallway to the … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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REALITY: Young and Old

Posted on July 20, 2005 by Susan

Thinking today of people past and passing through my life.  Ghosts of minds recalled by words, and food and weather.  Last week, I asked a three-year-old great niece if she wanted me to pick her up.  She reached her arms … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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REALITY: Morning Light

Posted on July 20, 2005 by Susan

Making love in morning light, still sleepy shreds of dreams hang in the mind, obliterating day’s realities and troubles, overcoming all. Continue reading →

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NEW MEDIA: Future Think

Posted on July 20, 2005 by Susan

Via Weird Events, this post that points to Wired News’ article on Mind over Machine, technology driven by mind alone–hands off.  This is something I am fascinated by and only want to live long enough to see it happen, if … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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EDUCATION: English as a Second Language

Posted on July 19, 2005 by Susan

Understanding the jokes in Spanish told by our terrific Spanish instructor was much easier than understanding these online audio lectures.  I just logged out in frustration because the only thing I could hear for a couple of slides was the … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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