Author Archives: Susan

WRITING: A Light Along The Path

Posted on August 2, 2004 by Susan

In a comment by Vikk of The Writer’s Path, an inspirational and informational site by one of our own: “BTW, can you post a link or make it possible to connect to your instructor’s blog? I really liked the quote … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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WRITING: Natural Elements of Voice

Posted on August 2, 2004 by Susan

It was once pointed out to me, and now I see it more and more how strongly bound I am by another meaning of gravity to the earth. Once I gave a lover a final gift on parting; a print … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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CURRENT AFFAIRS & REALITY: Caves

Posted on August 2, 2004 by Susan

I find it strange the changes that we undergo in growing ever older, and the speed with which necessity makes certain events and thoughts leap on ahead. For many years I sought the well-lit cave to reach and research all … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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WRITING & REALITY: Time, Timing, Timer, Timed, Time..

Posted on August 1, 2004 by Susan

I cannot let this first of August day go by. I must mark it somehow with myself as it has somehow left a mark on me. A word or two is all I have to offer, using them to form … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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WRITING & REALITY: Adjustment

Posted on July 31, 2004 by Susan

How odd, at more-than-middle age to feel the pangs of orphanhood. I thought perhaps, as being childless, losing parents is as close to losing child or spouse. But no, one of my sisters feels it too, beyond the scope of … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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WRITING: Whoopsies

Posted on July 30, 2004 by Susan

I do not like people making fun of the ignorance of others, although I hope to be able to laugh at myself and close friends who make the occasional gaffe. So the purpose of my quoting Larry Marshall at the … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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WRITING & REALITY: Seeing the Whole Picture

Posted on July 30, 2004 by Susan

The very real problem of understanding an issue, political or otherwise, is in not considering all the ramifications of taking a stance. On a political quiz (thanks, Joel) to find out which presidential candidates I most agree with (or perhaps … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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BLOGGING: Where does it end, and I begin?

Posted on July 30, 2004 by Susan

Or, where did I begin and where does it end? I’m coming close up on 1000 posts. Never had that much to say in fifty-some-odd years, don’t know where I came up with it now. At some point, I almost … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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CURRENT AFFAIRS: A Creative Break?

Posted on July 30, 2004 by Susan

Emerging from six months of emotional turmoil, I find it hard to continue in a creative frame of mind without sinking deeper into the somber and heartbreaking realities of life while seeking meaning in existence. With the good timing of … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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REALITY: We Are Who We Knew

Posted on July 29, 2004 by Susan

My arms are heavy, laden like a Christmas tree with toys and trinkets from a better, sparkling year. Bands of sterling friendship, golden wedding rings of love present and passed on. Watches that kept perfect time in a time so … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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REALITY: American Dreams

Posted on July 29, 2004 by Susan

Strange, losing my political advisor, adversary, comrade in the field of watching life. What better place to dig for roots and berries but in the farmer’s mind, the laborer and voter who saw wars from the best seat on the … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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CURRENT AFFAIRS: Political Viewpoints

Posted on July 29, 2004 by Susan

One of the weblogs I secretly visit to get a perspective on things that often helps evaluate the media presentations, as well as the speeches right from the horses’ mouths that seem to speak a different language—horse speak, of course. … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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WRITING: Middle Ground

Posted on July 28, 2004 by Susan

Somewhere between ecstasy and despair there is a land of normal where I visit sometimes when I cannot think. I’ve stayed there maybe minutes in an hour of pain to get a gulp of air and some days I have … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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REALITY: Memories

Posted on July 27, 2004 by Susan

Memories live within the senses. The sight of baby bluest eyes and wrinkled smiles. I hear the roars of every kind of engine, mowers, drills and the chainsaw that we tried hard not to fix; the gentle voice heard reading … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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REALITY?: Mourning

Posted on July 25, 2004 by Susan

Radar, radar detector, detector blocker; a natural progression, a learned response. Just as in sorrow, tears withheld too long escape in sobs. And when it’s learned the tipoff to the action, that hollow feeling in the chest around the heart … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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