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REALITY: Water

Posted on September 29, 2004 by Susan

The driving rains have let up for a moment; black clouds like smoke are racing from the northern sky. I wonder how much water is still up there. I wonder how much was given back to earth. The human body … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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REALITY: Differences

Posted on September 29, 2004 by Susan

One of the most fascinating things about people is their ability to see two conflicting sides to the same issue. In this political election year, there is an extraordinary opportunity to comprehend the other point of view; to see the … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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PEOPLE: Irrational Envy

Posted on September 28, 2004 by Susan

I’m sitting here trying very hard to keep my mouth shut about the hooplah Opray Winfrey caused by her gifting of cars to 276 audience members. No matter that GM paid the bill, it’s the blind rationale of the screaming … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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PEOPLE: Diversity

Posted on September 28, 2004 by Susan

I knew a man from Yucatan; golden skinned, straight black hair and feathers. And one from even further south and east that wore great wondrous lions dancing on his dress. Bronze-skinned, rock-faced sturdy braided souls that wandered with the buffalo, … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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CURRENT AFFAIRS: Political Parties

Posted on September 28, 2004 by Susan

Something that was just an annoyance for many years is starting to make sense. The signs, the media in all forms, the candidates whose names are built from letters painted red, white and blue. There is no mention, though, of … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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REALITY: Rain

Posted on September 28, 2004 by Susan

Frantic, pounding rain, as if driven by the fury of a challenge to its power. Another life force laughing in its absence called it out. Perhaps the grumbling of St. Helen threatened more than earth itself. Continue reading →

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WRITING: Learning Process

Posted on September 27, 2004 by Susan

I fell today, and scraped my hands and knees upon the concrete of the human mind. Stinging with the grit embedded in my being, as it becomes a part of me I picked up in the grazing. Standing, stumbling onward, … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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REALITY: Lookin’ Up

Posted on September 27, 2004 by Susan

Well, after the Statistics fiasco (hopefully she’ll give credit for trying weally, weally hawd) New Media went better than expected, bought the video of Apocalypse Now for $1.00 at the library sale (saw it when it first came out in … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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EDUCATION: Probabilities

Posted on September 27, 2004 by Susan

Thanks to all who commented below on the relative frequencies of the probability of not burning in hell p(Not Hell) versus hell p(Hell) if statistics probabilities of an A = p(A) is not mutually exclusive. Everything I walked out of … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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EDUCATION: Mindset

Posted on September 26, 2004 by Susan

I will not burn in hell for eternity if I don’t get an A in Statistics. I will not burn in hell for eternity if I don’t get an A in Statistics. I will not burn in hell for eternity … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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REALITY: Sunday

Posted on September 26, 2004 by Susan

Incredibly beautiful Sunday day. Summer still, yet autumn air is circling. Green grass wonders when it can finally go to sleep, and leaves hold on with dry-hand grips to branches they have loved in a summer fling. Flowers shake their … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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REALITY AND WRITING: Worthy Words

Posted on September 25, 2004 by Susan

Sometimes, it just seems egotistical to keep a journal open to the world. Some thoughts that find their way to textual image seem so important, or express such emotional ups and downs, or simply are a vent to get the … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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REALITY & EDUCATION: Learning Methods

Posted on September 25, 2004 by Susan

Sometimes we learn not just the topic we study, but more about ourselves in the process. Although at my age, I must admit that what it’s really doing is reinforcing knowledge that I may choose to be blind to and … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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REALITY: Corporate Mentality

Posted on September 25, 2004 by Susan

My apologies to Mr. Trump. Continue reading →

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REALITY: Losing Things

Posted on September 25, 2004 by Susan

I have lost much dear to me this year, but am also grateful for the almost-tragedies that weren’t. A dear friend of ours is going in for bypass surgery bright and early Monday morning, and this I am pre-counting as … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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