Author Archives: Susan

REALITY: On Being a Grownup

Posted on May 7, 2005 by Susan

Sometimes the lives do catch up with me, and the older ones primly and pointedly whisper responsibility, commitment or just  make an obvious hhmph. I ignore them as long as I can when I’m writing, but the stories they tell … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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CURRENT AFFAIRS: Service?

Posted on May 6, 2005 by Susan

Just heard on the local news–fire departments are going to try to start charging for coming to motor vehicle accidents.  This is happening in Ansonia, CT, but evidently fifteen Connecticut towns have signed on to pass legislation for this ability … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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TECHNOLOGY: E-Mail Spam

Posted on May 6, 2005 by Susan

Send me no e-mail with Via…, Cia…., or any of those discount drugs listed within the message.  Just realized that I may be able to block them in Outlook Express with the Message Rules option.  Those are the only spams … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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EDUCATION: One Down…

Posted on May 6, 2005 by Susan

…and one to go. But it’s the ten-page history exam that’s finished, and I wish I had finished it last night because I would have run it in to campus just to completely feel free of it. The one left … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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REALITY: Career? Hah!

Posted on May 6, 2005 by Susan

At Time Goes By, "Crabby Old Lady" lays out my future as well as her own and that of thousands of older workers.  On May 25th I shall receive an A.S. in English.  It may qualify me–maybe–to find a job … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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REALITY: Eye of Bat and Posies

Posted on May 6, 2005 by Susan

Fell asleep and never wrote aboutthe Second Moroccan Crisis of 1911,nor found out who must leave Palau. Full of Eye of Bat, or Eye of Round and gravyfrom a committed Thursday night dinner with a lonely friend.  It used to … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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WRITING: Going Further

Posted on May 5, 2005 by Susan

Just got my confirmation of registration for the Wesleyan Writers Conference in June, as well as that of a manuscript consultation with Josip Novakovich.  I’m scared. Continue reading →

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EDUCATION: Wrapping it Up

Posted on May 5, 2005 by Susan

Almost done with the final history essay exam–much easier to do after that damn book I bitched about for two weeks.  Then I need to finish up one or a couple stories for Creative Writing, and that’ll only be tough … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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REALTY: Natural Viewpoint

Posted on May 5, 2005 by Susan

Late bloomer, like my daffodils that push their way up through a resistant shell of earth.  Planted deep, so much beneath the surface hidden yet strengthening the whole and keeping something for themselves within their core. Continue reading →

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REALITY: Time

Posted on May 4, 2005 by Susan

Just about done with one of four essays, and have discovered something about myself in the writing of it.  I am not of this time. The reason that I don’t particularly like history is because I seem to have no … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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NEW MEDIA: “Still Life”

Posted on May 4, 2005 by Susan

Okay, so all I did was install it and check out their website.  But, I mean like, how cool is this:

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NEW MEDIA: Still Life

Posted on May 4, 2005 by Susan

Uh-oh.  Just as I was about to start my history essays the postman delivereth "Still Life." It’s a crime solving mystery.  I don’t think anything will be out to kill me.  If I feel however, like killing something myself (highly … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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REALITY: Climbing Up and Out

Posted on May 4, 2005 by Susan

Where is the stairway to the first floor?  I can’t seem to find it. Continue reading →

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WRITING: The S/P Question

Posted on May 4, 2005 by Susan

While David is happily unwrapping his books, I am indeed in doubt about my feelings towards self publishing my own work. Being my own best critic (or so I think), having an overwhelming need for validation (personal flaw), and getting … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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REALITY:

Posted on May 4, 2005 by Susan

Almost got flattened by a barn door this morning.  A big old thing on two rollers sliding on a rusted rail.  It keeps hopping off the track, one roller at a time; this time both. I truly almost became…a cartoon … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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