Author Archives: Susan

CURRENT AFFAIRS: The Ugly American

Posted on June 14, 2004 by Susan

Two posts today at different sites have stuck in my mind, sized each other up, talked a bit, and ended up on the same side once they’d traveled the furrows of my brain. On J-Walk, an entry about the newly … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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REALITY?: Emotion

Posted on June 14, 2004 by Susan

I am consciously focusing all my frustration, anger and feelings of despair upon this animal, the vole. The shotgunning of emotion was ineffective on every target at which I aimed. This will centralize it harmlessly, and thus diffuse it. My … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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STORIES: The Waiting

Posted on June 14, 2004 by Susan

The better part of June is over. There is change and sorrow in the air. He is prepared and waits with shallow breathing calm to meet the winds that blow the time a little bit beyond that of human understanding … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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REALITY?: Inner Nature

Posted on June 13, 2004 by Susan

Standing outside just now, in a summer night’s dusk under a gathering storm of running clouds, I felt it creep back in. I wanted to howl with the wind. Continue reading →

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SELF ANALYSIS & WRITING: Which Me Am I Now?

Posted on June 13, 2004 by Susan

Psychology and Philosophy are twins, I think. Both force the questions, “What is the mind? What is real, and what is not?” Freud probed the mind to propose (loosely translated) that many lived inside one single mind, and colored how … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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REALITY?: Life Sports

Posted on June 13, 2004 by Susan

I have rediscovered mountain climbing and it is quite fun. On Thursday I climbed the Food Pyramid and since I was missing my spiked shoes, slid off and grounded myself. I also climbed the sheer face of Reality Mountain when … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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CURRENT AFFAIRS: Policy on Politics

Posted on June 12, 2004 by Susan

From Graham Lester at Point 2 Point, one of the best summaries of politics I’ve heard lately: I find politics, at least as it is practiced over here in America, to be largely a competition between two religions that leaves … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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REALITY?: Marriage

Posted on June 12, 2004 by Susan

Am I really expected to honor my marriage vows with a man who won’t allow garbonzo beans in his salad? There must be a limit, no? Continue reading →

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PEOPLE: Music

Posted on June 12, 2004 by Susan

For my friend Neha, and with thanks to J-Walk for the link, here’s a great site for creating and listening to some Indian music, called Shankar Drum Ganesh Machine. Wonder if they could do something with an accordian and some … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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REALITY?: Say…

Posted on June 12, 2004 by Susan

I suppose that just as with “nice,” if you have nothing “good” to say, it’s best to say nothing at all. Continue reading →

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REALITY?: People

Posted on June 11, 2004 by Susan

Today is my eldest sister’s sixty-fifth birthday, and I can only call down south to wish her well. Ten years ago they fled New England cold and taxes, large yards to mow and keeping up with neighbors. Floridians prefer a … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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REALITY?: Garden Plots

Posted on June 11, 2004 by Susan

Cultivate a happiness that comes from knowing others. Walk the garden paths seeking all varieties and save the seeds to plant those that are perennial and hardy stock. Take joy in vibrant blooms and save the memory. Stroke the softness … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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REALITY?: Journeys

Posted on June 11, 2004 by Susan

I envy you your journey, but not your trip, I say. Because there is only so far that I can go along for now. Our paths are ultimately the same, but I am traveling slower, and can only watch and … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Stories: Friends

Posted on June 10, 2004 by Susan

She chattered the half hour up there in the car. She wasn’t one who chattered, but one whose only time for small talk was with her father-in-law one meal a week. He was a man of no words at all … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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WRITING: Earth

Posted on June 10, 2004 by Susan

The earth is like my body, but known and used far more and longer leaving wounds that heal with time and patience, just as I. Frozen cold and hard in winter months; fed by thawing rain to soften hills and … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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