Author Archives: Susan

EDUCATION: Nutrition Exam

Posted on June 19, 2005 by Susan

As I thought, when I finally got the courage to take the online exam, I did not do well.  I got a 72.  Out of the 14 questions (out of 50) that I got wrong, 4 were tricky (but I … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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REALITY: Father’s Day

Posted on June 18, 2005 by Susan

Best wishes for a Happy Fathers Day to those fortunate enough to be dads.  Teach your children to strive for happiness and to care for others. Continue reading →

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REALITY: Early Morning Wraps

Posted on June 18, 2005 by Susan

My robe against the damp cool morning.  Oatmeal bread around butter.  A shower around my naked body, a towel, then jeans and shirt.  Studying until I click on "Start."  Framing until it is picked up.  Grocery shopping for the week … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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REALITY: Morning

Posted on June 17, 2005 by Susan

What a joy this morning.  The male hummingbird braved my presence and came to the feeder.  They always did, never minding me sitting on the back step (despite thirteen chairs around the patio) and even coming up to greet me … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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REALITY: Naturally Driven

Posted on June 17, 2005 by Susan

I have always felt a connection with the outdoors, to the point where sun can make me smile in the midst of a depression, and by three days of gloomy grey I am beyond tears. Last year I did nothing … Continue reading →

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EDUCATION: Online

Posted on June 17, 2005 by Susan

Just like the others, this Nutrition course has a six-hundred page textbook, so far 60 pages of lectures and close to 500 discussion comments to read for the first two and a half weeks prior to the exam.  Needless to … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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REALITY: This Day

Posted on June 16, 2005 by Susan

Today is our fifteenth wedding anniversary.  The warranty has long since expired–I must have missed it, or didn’t care. Last year, instead of going out to eat or our traditional celebration, I drove to Hartford Hospital to see if Jim … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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EDUCATION: Side Effects

Posted on June 16, 2005 by Susan

I guess I was wrong.  Politics is evidently a part of any course, and though I’ve railed against it (Bush-bashing was a common professorial commitment), it shows up as part of everyone in their opinions and choices relative to almost … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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WRITING: No Time

Posted on June 15, 2005 by Susan

Oh how I long for days without priorities that rise above writing! No work done on my project for several days or more.  No new submissions sent although I think the first batch has come back completely and rejected.  Undaunted … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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REALITY: No-Fun Day

Posted on June 15, 2005 by Susan

Today I must behave myself.  No playing games, no having fun.  No writing except to complain here, and no reading except about lousy carrots and calories.  I have to prepare for an exam to take by Friday, and I’m nervous, … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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REALITY: Afternoon Sky

Posted on June 14, 2005 by Susan

Guess what!  I just saw Jesus in the clouds.  I ran to get my camera but found Dylan floating by.  Bob, that is.  No harmonica, but I can tell you it was him.  After all, I knew Jesus when I … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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REALITY: Grounded

Posted on June 14, 2005 by Susan

In a comment below, Garnet offers this: "Ah, the veritable concreteness of gardening. Where mistakes can usually be grown back. Where whims are encouraged. Where you get something even if you don’t give." It is also a physical release for … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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REALITY: Morning Shades

Posted on June 14, 2005 by Susan

Sometimes, in the much too early morning light of still-hidden dawning sun, before the nests have stirred beneath a mother’s yawning, there is a presence to the air that weighs with more than mere humidity.  Early riser sits with curling … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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LITERATURE: Retention

Posted on June 13, 2005 by Susan

Steve mentions that Suttree ‘s twin brother had died at birth, and it bothers me because I don’t quite remember that from the first reading, missed it in the second as I skimmed.  It bothers me that I would not … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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REALITY: Gardening

Posted on June 13, 2005 by Susan

Finally spent some sweat outdoors this morning.  Filled seven planters with geranium-yums, dianthus, allysum, and the silly petunias.  Now to the garden, to pull out the two-year old carefully tended baby peach trees that have turned out to be chokecherries, … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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