Author Archives: Susan

REALITY: Broken, Bloody, Happy

Posted on July 12, 2005 by Susan

Well, not really broken, but draggin’ ass across the yard to do more cleanup and of course, wounding myself in the process.  But there’s something about the blood and the mud that brings a smile to my face, as if … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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REALITY: That Kind of Day

Posted on July 11, 2005 by Susan

Well the morning went like this:  I lay on my stomach underneath trees such as a quince bush and the filbert (walking stick) and noticed things getting sticky–with blood.  Sawed into my finger without realizing it.  No big deal, kept … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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REALITY: Fantasy Man

Posted on July 10, 2005 by Susan

Kind of a neat thing just happened a bit ago.  Jim was watching a movie and I walked in and sat down.  The movie was "Gone Fishin" with Danny Glover and Joe Pesci, and when I looked at the screen, … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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LITERATURE: Reading

Posted on July 10, 2005 by Susan

I have started in on my Glimmertrain backlog for the short-story fiction part of my journey, and will try to catch up a bit through a few issues before I switch to one of the other anthologies on my hearth.  … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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REALITY: Morning Struggle

Posted on July 9, 2005 by Susan

Saw it myself, the morning sun peeking through a slash torn in the clouds above the horizon.  Angry orange ball frustrated by grey walls too thick to blaze through easily.  Worn by weary days of covering the earth, the shroud … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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SELF ANALYSIS: Yeah, right.

Posted on July 8, 2005 by Susan

From Cowtown Pattie, I couldn’t resist taking this one:  What Romantic Poet are You? You are William Blake! Wow. I’m impressed. Notonly are you a self-made artist and poet, butyou’ve suddenly become a very trendy guy tolike. It’s not that … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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REALITY: Passing Time Passing

Posted on July 8, 2005 by Susan

Monday’s potato salad sits solid as a stone in Friday’s stomach.  Lunch, fast and easy.  Productive too, cleaning out a refrigerator shelf as items empty out and fill a hunger as hot as the storage cold.  What, about 40 degrees?  … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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REALITY: Oh dear (deer)!

Posted on July 7, 2005 by Susan

Strange day today.  Three deer munching their way up the hill of my backyard until they spot me standing there, slowly turn and walk back to the woods. Common problem, standing in line at the pharmacy behind someone whose insurance … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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WRITING: Self Discipline

Posted on July 6, 2005 by Susan

Of which I have none.  Nada.  In Roxana Robinson’s class on short story at the Wesleyan conference, each night we’d read a classic and be assigned one page to write on a given topic.  Professor Robinson did a terrific job … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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LITERATURE: Reading

Posted on July 6, 2005 by Susan

Though I won’t truly be free for another three weeks (Bless Jesus! Say Hallelujah!) I am trying to decide on my next selections for reading.  I’m sadly close to the ending of Suttree, and will just go through and finish … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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REALITY: Morning Drizzle

Posted on July 6, 2005 by Susan

Perfect for the garden.  Perfect for me, directing me back indoors to work my way through piles of computer parts perhaps or picture frames.  And to study, to read the textbook and to plod my way through course lectures while … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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REALITY: Dirt-rich

Posted on July 5, 2005 by Susan

Day four or five of being crusty with soil and even I, who revel in the smell of earth am getting tired of being dirty. Halfway around the house in trimming.  The rhododendrens saved for last because they absolutely  must … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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EDUCATION: Online Exams

Posted on July 5, 2005 by Susan

As I noted, I managed a 93 on the exam, but the point is that my preparation for it was more a case of trying to listen for and notate what I felt were key points that would turn up … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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REALITY: Buzzed…

Posted on July 4, 2005 by Susan

…on homemade peach wine.  My homemade peach wine.  ’98 — a good year.  Gus had only a glass out of the bottle.  I drank the rest.  I worked outside this morning.  Damn good thing, too.   ‘Cause I’m just about useless … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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REALITY: Independence Day

Posted on July 4, 2005 by Susan

Working outside, finished weeding all of the big garden and found four baby peach trees–real ones this time.  Repotted to move someplace else.  And then… Because the weeds are all gone and there’s nice empty soil, went out and bought … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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