Author Archives: Susan

LITERATURE: Some Goodies

Posted on June 8, 2005 by Susan

Neha got me thinking about re-reading Salinger’s "Catcher In The Rye," and I wandered over to the "finished" bookshelves and pulled it out to add to my "to be read" queue (goodness, I had an extra Q in queue!) marching … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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EDUCATION: Moving On

Posted on June 8, 2005 by Susan

Well there, now it’s gone–the last of it.  Remnants of campus life cleaned out of bookbags.  Pens and pencils, calculator, and a floppy disk.  Scraps of paper, mints and gum and comb.  A mini-flashlight?  Oh yes, night classes.  Never used.  … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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LITERATURE: Poetry

Posted on June 7, 2005 by Susan

Here I am, pining away for poetry and via Languagehat I’m directed to Poets.org (which I forget to check in on since they’re not on my Bloglines listing) and their "31 Groundbreaking Works".  Good grief.  Looks to me like I … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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WRITING: Publishing

Posted on June 7, 2005 by Susan

I think as more and more people find their voice on weblogs, the question of getting paid for being read eventually floats to the surface.  Then reality, like a stone, sinks it back to the bottom of the sea of … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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EDUCATION: Who’s an Idiot?

Posted on June 7, 2005 by Susan

Guaranteed to make grades suddenly non-important in the liberal viewpoint:  "Yale grades portray Kerry as a lackluster student His 4-year average on par with Bush’s" Thanks, John. Continue reading →

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REALITY: Changing Lanes

Posted on June 7, 2005 by Susan

Do I detect a midlife crisis in a request to add on to an insurance policy?  We married late in life, I thought his midlife crisis would be me. Looks like a fun summer ahead.  It’s been a while–white tulle … Continue reading →

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NEW MEDIA & REALITY: More Firsts

Posted on June 7, 2005 by Susan

It will be a super day today.  Missing video cards will arrive so I can start building two computers.  Three stories all started out at two a.m. and ready to meet this morning for the first time.  Paths laid down … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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REALITY: First Mornings

Posted on June 7, 2005 by Susan

A first, I think, first thing this morning.  A Great Crested Flycatcher tipping the tip of a swamp birch.  At first I thought it was a baby Bluejay, a bit scruffy looking, surprised at life and me.  Bright yellow belly … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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REALITY: Nighttime Sounds

Posted on June 6, 2005 by Susan

Me, inhaling.  A treefrog calling for a mate.  The breeze through infant leaves.  The sounds of night in the garage, back door open to the yard in blackness and I do not see what may be scampering about.  Skunk, rabbits, … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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REALITY: Storms

Posted on June 6, 2005 by Susan

One of my most favorite things, watching a storm move in.  The stillness ruffled here and there and soon the sound becomes the foreteller as the wind picks up and bends the tip-tops of the trees.  Maple seeds helicopter through … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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NEW MEDIA: “If Only”

Posted on June 6, 2005 by Susan

Getting just a minute or two between all else to work on this simultaneously intertwined trilogical pseudohypertext of story ("If Only" is the working title of the main piece)  (I think) and haven’t gotten it laid out yet in Powerpoint, … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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REALITY: Bad Day At Rock River Bend

Posted on June 6, 2005 by Susan

Trip to town fraught with worry and delay, like a band of wild Indians after my wagon.  The ride in held up by a muletrain, or maybe a muleheaded woman doing twenty-five tops.  Braked at corners, but not for the … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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LITERATURE: The Publishing Business

Posted on June 5, 2005 by Susan

From The Reading Experience, and his references to an article by M. J. Rose at the Publishers Marketplace, and another by Maud Newton on her weblog, we get a dreary picture of the book publishing business.  Yes, drearier and drearier, … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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REALITY: By Degrees

Posted on June 5, 2005 by Susan

Boy, I have never, ever been so close to clicking away a degree than I am this morning. Every time I login to my summer course, I find I can only last about three minutes and need to get out … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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NEW MEDIA: Planning

Posted on June 5, 2005 by Susan

Would like to chronicle the process of a project I am working on right now, and am deciding if it will just be placed in the New Media category here at Spinning, or if a separate weblog, as I did … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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