Author Archives: Susan

STORIIES: When Grandma Speaks

Posted on July 16, 2005 by Susan

Just a blurb of inspiration in the middle of the day that had to be written down: At some point around middle age, which is somewhere around 45 to 55 these days of low cholesterol, low sodium diets and 30 … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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EDUCATION: The Value of Writing Well

Posted on July 16, 2005 by Susan

Yesterday I received back my Nutrition course extra credit assignment with full credit given and some nice remarks along with "well-written and thoughtful."  I also got back my last two assignments from the Western Civ course; an A and an … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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WRITING: Story

Posted on July 15, 2005 by Susan

From the depths of my studies comes the seed of story.  Yes, very possibly I can write a spine-tingling narrative about nutrition and a thiamin deficiency resulting in Beri-Beri, (excuse me a second–Von Helsing [played by Sir Laurence Olivier] is … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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LITERATURE: Gold Standards

Posted on July 15, 2005 by Susan

What makes something a classic?  Or a best-seller?  Two very different answers, I am sure.  Quite possibly the only thing they have in common is that eventually, a classic becomes a best seller but it takes decades, sometimes centuries longer.  … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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LITERATURE: John Wayne

Posted on July 15, 2005 by Susan

Cannot still his voice when thinking pilgrim.  A traveler, "somebody who is making a journey of any kind" (Encarta).  I am, I am. But I also feel a "religious traveler, somebody who goes on a journey to a holy place … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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WRITING: mood

Posted on July 15, 2005 by Susan

Not the Mood of the story setting, but the mood of the writer in writing the story.  That’s why it’s not capitalized in the title; I’m ashamed to say that I’m dependent upon it to write.  It seems so whiney … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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LITERATURE: Reading

Posted on July 14, 2005 by Susan

Ah, he has answered my call for further exploration into this business of reading, so I direct you to Steve Ersinghaus at The Great Lettuce Head with his series on his thoughts as a writer, reader, and instructor of literature.  … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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LITERATURE: Help Readers Learn to Read

Posted on July 14, 2005 by Susan

How appropriate that this comes along just as I have been posting lately on how to read literature.  Well, that will continue and with the proper scholarly input as suggested, but for now, there is another way we can help … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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REALITY: Facing Thine Enemy

Posted on July 14, 2005 by Susan

Out at dawn, salting slugs.  It ain’t a purty sight.  (Decided not to take a photo for you; try it yourself to see what happens if you like.  It’s metamorphosis in fast forward track.) Normally nonviolent, I had to take … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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LITERATURE: Meaning

Posted on July 14, 2005 by Susan

"Perhaps we should consider the problem of canes. You know, sometimes a cane is just a cane."               (S. Ersinghaus, 7/13/05) Damn.  Here it is, four o’clock in the morning, I am sitting in the dark of … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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REALITY: The Dependables

Posted on July 13, 2005 by Susan

So for the past two weeks I have been pulling weeds, sowing seeds, transplanting flowers that pop up in the lawn to the garden and replacing them with the grass lush and long from the good garden soil.  I am … Continue reading →

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LITERATURE: Reading

Posted on July 13, 2005 by Susan

"I think reading should be a hard job and readers should take it as seriously as they can." S. Ersinghaus, in a comment to the post, "But I Meant…" Well said.  Although I might compromise a bit on the should, … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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REALITY: No, really.

Posted on July 13, 2005 by Susan

Friend Neha just left after a short visit, but she managed to hear the static-y lectures, AND read for herself the ending to one of the Glimmertrain stories that bugged me.  So, back on my high horse again, vindication mine, … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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REALITY: Weary

Posted on July 12, 2005 by Susan

Muscles ache with bending, stretching, crawling, pulling, yard and garden day.  Painful arms and itchy from yesterday’s run-in with the bees who liked the grasses tall and shady in their home beneath the bush.  Neighbors drive and wave and I … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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WRITING: But I Meant…

Posted on July 12, 2005 by Susan

Joe Clifford Faust has a great entry about reader interpretation despite an author’s "clear" meaning and presentation of his own conception.  "Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood" gives some examples from Joe’s own published books to illustrate how some readers read … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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