Author Archives: Susan

BLOGGING: Content

Posted on February 23, 2005 by Susan

Every now and then I think we need comeuppance.  To stop and look around at where we are and what we’re doing.  Although you’ve only missed some thoughts on writing, that’s very much what a good deal of Spinning is … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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WRITING: Direction

Posted on February 23, 2005 by Susan

Changing direction in many ways in writing lately.  Trying to grasp the heart of it, the part that makes you want to read on through the end.  Whatever web of words is spun, I need to find what draws the … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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REALITY: Quiet Time & Mini-Pizzas

Posted on February 22, 2005 by Susan

Got home a bit earlier from Western Civ tonight.  Despite the questions from the back of the room like, "So how did they (16th century & prior) know what an hour was?  Or when to go to bed?" Honest to … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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LITERATURE: Amazon Selects

Posted on February 22, 2005 by Susan

So now Amazon reaches into my mailbox, not content with my random visits.  But amidst the recommended dog and cat food (?) and plastic storage containers (okay, yes, that’s me) is this.  I want it. And of course they have … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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REALITY: A Year in Time

Posted on February 22, 2005 by Susan

I’m not exactly sure how it came about, for what I faced should have me in a different frame of mind.  Not melancholic, nor living for the day, but rather single-focused on a road ahead. I’m not afraid, and yet … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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WRITING: Gottado’s and Wannado’s

Posted on February 22, 2005 by Susan

Have been filling my days up with words, twisting them around in story, flat rolling them out in facts in essays, tossing them up and watching where they land. Need to learn to budget my time, she said; a semi-annual … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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REALITY: Singleminded Purpose

Posted on February 21, 2005 by Susan

Worse than that; blinders on. To all that’s going on around me.  A free day today, no extra reading, no framing, no cleaning driveways from the snow, no class, no grumpy father-in-law for dinner, and yet there are several things … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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EDUCATION: Acts of God

Posted on February 21, 2005 by Susan

No class tonight, because of snow.  I only have night courses this semester, and was happy that for once I didn’t need to worry about either driving in snow, or showing up with the campus closed.  Especially hairy last semester … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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REALITY: Song

Posted on February 20, 2005 by Susan

Melissa Etheridge singing the great Janis Joplin’s "Another Little Piece of My Heart" on an awards show clip on Dateline tonight.  Etheridge is bald, effects of chemotherapy.  She discusses all of it, her arm around her wife in their living … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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REALITY: Spring Sign

Posted on February 20, 2005 by Susan

Four times the first robin of spring today, there, at the end of my husband’s index finger.  I follow his pointing there, there, there and there–no, it’s not the same one, see! Well, neato.  I see the spring trends are … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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WRITING: Wondering

Posted on February 20, 2005 by Susan

Rough night last night.  Fell asleep on the couch and woke up around two a.m. I think.  Did a bit of computerizing, then went to bed.  But I couldn’t fall asleep.  After writing so much these past few week, I … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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EDGAR AND I: Influence

Posted on February 19, 2005 by Susan

As a writer, I am a blotter.  In reading I absorb the ink out of the words, suck it in, place it aside and it marks my own clean sheets of paper. If I read contemporary literature, I come closer … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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REALITY: Sunny Cold

Posted on February 19, 2005 by Susan

Winter is back.  I open the shop, turn on the heat and lights, take a sip from yesterday’s coffee cup.  And almost break my teeth.  Just a thin sip unfrozen at the top of a half-full mug fooled me, then … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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REALITY: Trivia

Posted on February 18, 2005 by Susan

Question:  Can you really eat a Hostess chocolate cupcake in only two bites? Answer:  Yes, though it is not advisable to do so.  A love of chocolate, a random craving for something ridiculously sweet, and some bitter frustration are usually … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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BLOGGING & WRITING: Copyrights

Posted on February 17, 2005 by Susan

Some good information about copyright laws from Brad Templeton at Neat New Stuff.  10 Big Myths about Copyright Explained Introduction to Copyright Continue reading →

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