Author Archives: Susan

REALITY?: Scenes and Scenarios

Posted on May 18, 2004 by Susan

My world is moonless, black and cool. Backyard empty of its flying colors, sounds not happy chirps and tweets but rustling, walking, stalking that I cannot see at night; ominous, unfriendly sounds. The black and yellow flutterby sipping nectar from … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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REALITY?: Birdsong

Posted on May 17, 2004 by Susan

Only those who have not spent a sleepless night listening to the unrelenting repertoire of a mockingbird can still love him. Thankfully, they change their chirps and tweets and caws, or I fear it’d be much worse for six hours … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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REALITY?: Sexuality and Food

Posted on May 17, 2004 by Susan

Very interesting entry by Hugo Schwyzer on Women, appetite, and male fear. This is a subject I’ve always been fascinated with, and there has always been speculation about the connection, i.e., do women who enjoy eating, or enjoy certain robust … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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REALITY?: Focus

Posted on May 17, 2004 by Susan

Decided I was best, stressed and dressed for workin’ round the house today. Some sense of continuity, accomplishment, finishing up what I started yesterday. Some running around the loop of groceries, banks and the post office. You know, the real … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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BLOGGING: Shotgun Thinking

Posted on May 17, 2004 by Susan

Mind’s a maze. Mind’s amazing. Buzzing bees and bats in the belfry. belfry: a movable tower used in ancient warfare for attacking walled positions. (Webster’s New World College Dictionary 4th Ed.) Flights of fancy. Back to basics. Bureaucracy at its … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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REALITY?: Beyond

Posted on May 17, 2004 by Susan

Snuggly settled in my belief in reincarnation. Fear of death nonexistent. Reason and purpose to life fairly direct. But as in all theories, subject to little bleeps of doubt. If memory doesn’t go along with the spirit, then this life … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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REALITY?: Plus

Posted on May 17, 2004 by Susan

What, I wonder, would be the one thing most people would want to be able to do if they weren’t restricted to the human form? I would like to fly. Continue reading →

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LITERATURE & WRITING: Art Nouveau

Posted on May 16, 2004 by Susan

Hours pass, some signs of normalcy; laundry almost done, checkbooks balanced, entries posted into Quicken, bills paid, mounting stress focused into computer rage unleashed upon unnavigable websites, a few weeds pulled, neighbor’s house checked to make sure she didn’t leave … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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SELF ANALYSIS: Multitasking

Posted on May 16, 2004 by Susan

It has been an absolutely beautiful day outside today. Yet, I didn’t do any of the gardening, nothing at all. I’ve been in a decent mood the past several days. But I did little to no writing. There are so … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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EDGAR and I: Our Affair and Fondness Weaken

Posted on May 16, 2004 by Susan

I realize I have not been posting anything in this category for a while, and really, it is just because things between Edgar and I have been sort of up and down lately. I’ve really no complaints, except perhaps about … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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WRITING: Impetus

Posted on May 16, 2004 by Susan

Sometime around nine o’clock last night, I left this comment on Loretta’s weblog: Loretta, this story has a word count of 1,671. There is currently a Writer’s Digest short story contest going on, as well as others that you should … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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REALITY?: Morning Report

Posted on May 16, 2004 by Susan

Grey sky, leafy green, white and lilac lilacs. Not much more that’s still and silent with color; spring bulbs were eaten by the voles many years ago. Noisy streaks of blue and red, black and yellow: bluejays, cardinals, cowbirds, starlings, … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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REALITY?: Nature

Posted on May 15, 2004 by Susan

Another word this week that keeps repeating in my ear, nature. I sat outside just now and watched a bat at dinner. Amazing little creatures as they flutter through the evening sky, dipping, angling, crossing back and forth until they’ve … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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WRITING: Words and Voice

Posted on May 15, 2004 by Susan

Sometimes a word gets stuck in my mind; today it’s naked. A good part of this past week was taken by perception. Sometimes it’s a phrase that whispers, or a bit of poetry that sings. Sometimes it is written down … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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WRITING: Setting II

Posted on May 15, 2004 by Susan

David, of Ripples asks if I can find my place to write; my house of paper on a hill, a cabin in the woods where inspiration is the air I breathe, and words grow from the ground. Yes, oh yes, … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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