Author Archives: Susan

SELF ANALYSIS: Being

Posted on June 10, 2004 by Susan

A spark of life, a flash of light from flint and metal. Patience, work, determination. Patience, waiting for the straw to catch. Work, over and over and over again in repetitious moves based on experience and knowledge. Determination, because there … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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PEOPLE: Good, Bad, and Ugly

Posted on June 10, 2004 by Susan

This article by Adam Liptak in today’s New York Times sickens me. “Should Doctors Help With Executions? No Easy Ethical Answer” “ATLANTA, June 7 – Dr. Sanjeeva Rao used to look after the inmates at the state prison in Jackson, … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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WRITING, SELF-ANALYSIS: Stop

Posted on June 10, 2004 by Susan

“There’s something happening here, What it is ain’t exactly clear…” “Stop, hey, what’s that sound Everybody look what’s going down…” (For What It’s Worth, Lyrics; Buffalo Springfield) I feel it, the breaking down of the last stronghold. Writing is in … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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LITERATURE: Contemporary Fiction, Part 2

Posted on June 9, 2004 by Susan

The Summer issue (#51) of Glimmer Train arrived the other day, and while walking from the mailbox to the house I unwrapped it from its plastic sleeve and scanned the back cover where the included stories and authors are listed. … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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REALITY?: Gender Differences

Posted on June 8, 2004 by Susan

Most of my life was spent in the firm belief that aside from sexual differences, men and women basically could think the same way and could perform at least mentally and emotionally alike if it became a learned behavior. That’s … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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BLOGGING: A perspective

Posted on June 8, 2004 by Susan

Lovely thoughts from Anne at Fishbucket in an entry called weblogs, the new art? starting with, “Marcel Proust said, ‘The voyage of discovery is not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes.’ ” Anne briefly explores the concept … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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PEOPLE: What it takes to get me up and out of my rocker…

Posted on June 7, 2004 by Susan

Kelly at I Spy Gemini managed to poke through the black clouds I’ve surrounded myself with lately with an interesting reference to an article called, “Why so Many Old People are Stupid” by Dyske Suematsu. Embarrassed I am, to get … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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WRITING: Harvest Haiku

Posted on June 7, 2004 by Susan

Broccoli is green with cabbage worms that mimic thin broccoli stems. Tomato hornworms laugh in immobility at gardeners shrieks. Continue reading →

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CURRENT AFFAIRS & REALITY: Reagan

Posted on June 7, 2004 by Susan

This morning I shall visit my father, and we will talk about the death of Ronald Reagan in all its personal relevance: “If they couldn’t cure Reagan’s Alzheimer’s, they couldn’t help Mom,” “Do you remember him in that movie about … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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LITERATURE: Keeping Current

Posted on June 6, 2004 by Susan

As an addendum to the previous post, I find it almost vital to read more and more of what’s currently being published in the top literary journals before I even attempt any further writing. While there is a mix, I … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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LITERATURE: Contemporary Fiction

Posted on June 6, 2004 by Susan

Rather odd, but it occured to me that several of the short stories I’ve been reading in the literary compilations such as Confrontation, Glimmertrain, America’s Best Short Stories, are written in a contemporary manner, but seem as if the narrative … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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REALITY?: Filler

Posted on June 6, 2004 by Susan

Yes indeed, this is just a filler post that I like to leave at the top of the page whenever I’ve just posted something dumb and dismal. Yes indeed, I do get gloomy, don’t I? The rain and lack of … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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REALITY?: Internet Travel

Posted on June 6, 2004 by Susan

I like playing with interactive fiction and hypertext. I’m fascinated by the way the trails lead you away from and into the forest. I’m also spatially impaired, directionally dysfunctional, and one of my greatest fears in life is getting lost, … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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REALITY?: By The Numbers or Devil in a Plaid Shirt

Posted on June 5, 2004 by Susan

I think sometimes I just use numbers to make some sense of nonsense. But then again, the world is charted, estimated, referred to and broken down by every form and angle, quadrant, scale and mile. Numbers are my god, my … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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BLOGGING: Report

Posted on June 5, 2004 by Susan

I guess because it’s proper blogging etiquette, here are the stats for Spinning, this cloudy fifth day of the sixth month of the two-thousand and fourth year since we’ve been keeping time: 8 months of writing 879 posts 663 comments … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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