Author Archives: Susan

REALITY & WRITING: Earth Day

Posted on August 9, 2004 by Susan

Deliciously dirty and achingly tired. Physical labor makes itself known, leaves its marks on the body as it cleanses the soul. Digging in dirt with bare fingers, pulling at weeds or moving more acceptable weeds dubbed officially as flowers, one … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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REALITY & WRITING: Breakfast Menu

Posted on August 9, 2004 by Susan

A young eagle overhead, slow-circling proudly with his selection gripped firmly in his talons. Swirling, catching sunlight on his wings, he flies to find a table as I watch. Oh my, a bird perhaps, or maybe just a mouse (secretly, … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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WRITING & REALITY: Birthday

Posted on August 8, 2004 by Susan

It’s just an ordinary shirt, little blue and white checks, small pearl white buttons. Never worn, the labels dangle information on the front, important how to launder instructions, and an extra button just in case one should fall off. Presented … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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REALITY & CURRENT AFFAIRS: Politics

Posted on August 7, 2004 by Susan

Small town politics. Gliding through the night in big black Ford Explorers. Slow and silent, movement timed with rolling wheels, pajamaed arms stick out in sync to flip open, shove and slam the mailbox doors. No one knows, an owl … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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WRITING & REALITY: Encounters

Posted on August 7, 2004 by Susan

“Let’s go uptown for coffee, see Johnny.” “Okay,” I say, although I know he thinks I just need to get out. (Never start with dialogue, they say; the books, the manuals that teach you how to write.) Two miles, four … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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REALITY: Morning Traffic

Posted on August 7, 2004 by Susan

A blue heron draws a line above the treed horizon; long legs dragging through the blue. If only he would learn to lift his feet he’d fly much faster. A sparrow perches on the ball of the umbrella pole. Chest … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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REALITY: Environment

Posted on August 7, 2004 by Susan

I feel like St. Francis of Assisi. The hummingbirds hover in my face. A cardinal cheeps at me from the empty feeder; another was peeking in at me from the windowsill of my frameshop, chirping insistently. I must be spending … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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CURRENT AFFAIRs & WRITING: Speeches & Plans

Posted on August 6, 2004 by Susan

Regretfully, campaign speeches are narratives, stories of the future; even, I suspect, well suited to the Twilight Zone. Idealism runs rampant in the language, and who among us would not cheer the plans and hopes spun out? Would either candidate … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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WRITING & REALITY: Morning Numbers; Mourning Numbers

Posted on August 6, 2004 by Susan

I once believed that only words can hurt the soul and numbers were our friends that make some sense of life. But three when spelled as three and not as 3 becomes as damaging, I think, where once I thought … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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WRITING, REALITY, & BLOGGING: The usual…

Posted on August 5, 2004 by Susan

…indecision, doubt and anxiety about talent, skill, or just running off to produce useless drivel. Need to seriously focus on if I do this or if I don’t–not just blogging, but writing at all. Too many other things left undone … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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WRITING: Want

Posted on August 4, 2004 by Susan

I’m so hungry I could eat a bug. Or larvae, as they make you do on the Survivor. I’m starving for the words that lay on other tables, prepared by chefs like Faulkner, Blake and Austen. I’m hungry still, and … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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WRITING: Feeling in the Doing

Posted on August 4, 2004 by Susan

I walk into his kitchen, place the heavy pot upon the stove and turn a knob while saying hi, how are you doing? I tell him all it needs is just to bring it back to pressure, let the steam … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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WRITING: 1001

Posted on August 4, 2004 by Susan

Hell fires burn warm, inviting in the seeing by the seeker passing by. Glowing orange red through windows facing roads, the crystal panes are useless as a wall to sagely warn. Closer, peering in to watch the shadows dancing in … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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LITERATURE: Unpopular Culture

Posted on August 3, 2004 by Susan

Thanks to the innovative Jane Galt of Assymetrical Information, we now have no excuse not to read the classics. In serial format, she has started Unpopular Culture and will be posting installments for regular reading. She has started with Mark … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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WRITING: morning metaphors

Posted on August 3, 2004 by Susan

Sometimes, in the light of sun I cannot talk to anyone, as if in dark of night and sleep I tucked myself away. Slipping out, pushing back the fringed edges, blinking at the blinding rays revealing, I retreat. Continue reading →

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