Author Archives: Susan

EDUCATION: Graduation

Posted on May 26, 2005 by Susan

So here’s proof that I went, and that you can’t hand someone a camera they don’t know how to work five minutes before it’s needed:  I learned much by going after all:  Where I stashed the decades old bobby pins; … Continue reading →

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TECHNOLOGY: Barebones

Posted on May 25, 2005 by Susan

Quiet day today.  Just working in the frameshop listening to the wind winding down.  Grey and green.  Dismal grey and verdant green outside; I see it through the French doors of my barn. Waiting for the UPS man, Dave.  He’s … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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REALITY: Morning Thoughts

Posted on May 25, 2005 by Susan

Cold wet wind.  The noisy gusts blowing space around. I want to curl back into the covers of my bed, of my life; then wake up to the sunshine on a better morninged day. Continue reading →

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TECHNOLOGY: Digital Backyard

Posted on May 24, 2005 by Susan

Okay, I’ll learn how to take better pictures eventually (should know, lived in sin with a photographer for six years!) but just because I’m excited about learning something new today–transferring the images from camera to computer–you’re going to have to … Continue reading →

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TECHOLOGY: The Third Picture

Posted on May 24, 2005 by Susan
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TECHNOLOGY: Digital Camera

Posted on May 24, 2005 by Susan

Well, figured it was about time to learn how to use my digital camera, although I had taken some pictures back in April of ’04 when I bought it.  I still don’t know how to use all the settings, but … Continue reading →

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STORIES: Leaving

Posted on May 24, 2005 by Susan

"Does this mean," he said, "that you’re not going to die?" In just that way he asked, and in that same way, she answered. "Not from this, I guess." He hadn’t stopped his coming home from work ritual while he … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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REALITY: Mood Enhancers

Posted on May 24, 2005 by Susan

Frozen Dunkin Donuts, tucked away on better days for days like this when greyness draws the color out of life. No need to thaw completely; icy cream filling fires the necessary pain to feel alive.  And to react.  Even rage … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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WRITING: Omniscience

Posted on May 24, 2005 by Susan

In answer to a writer’s question of "What is your thought on the use of the words "feel" and "felt"…should these be avoided in novel writing?   Crawford Kilian at Writing Fiction gives an excellent explanation of the 3rd person … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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REALITY: Hunting

Posted on May 24, 2005 by Susan

Jim brings up a feather from a wing.  He found it way down back when he was mowing.  The hawk, I tell him.  He’s been hunting the backyard. Today I see him yet again.  Sitting on the lawn–is there something … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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WRITING: Herman the Mole

Posted on May 23, 2005 by Susan

There was a mole who lived in the neighbor’s lawn who was afraid of the dark.  Herman was also not keen on tight places.  He was never able to outgrown this unmolelike behavior, though his father took him along with … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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REALITY: The Loop

Posted on May 23, 2005 by Susan

The morning drive around brought good and bad today.  The bad–they’ve changed the textbook for the course this summer.  Shall I wing it with the one I bought last year (dropped the course because, well, it was that kind of … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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WRITING: More on Poetry

Posted on May 23, 2005 by Susan

How often is my timing this good?  Via Brandywine Books, this statement and interesting viewpoint from Donald Hall on Poets.Org.: "1. I see no reason to spend your life writing poems unless your goal is to write great poems. . … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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REALITY: Weather

Posted on May 22, 2005 by Susan

Another rainy Sunday; should have done some gardening and yardwork long ago.  Maybe tomorrow, or Tuesday morning, before it gets so far ahead of me I can’t keep up.  Did nothing last year, except for someone else who couldn’t do … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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WRITING: Poetry

Posted on May 22, 2005 by Susan

"Do you have poetry to write?" I think I do.  But not in proper form or format.  Free verse, prose, words that have the touch and taste of poetry, but not the structure that would deem it such. Maybe I … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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