Author Archives: Susan

REALITY?: Mankind

Posted on April 13, 2004 by Susan

How can one, knowing that truth and beauty do exist, continue on the same path? How does one manage to still care of curtains, beef or chicken, ponder politics? Set standards, progress, lack of space prevent one going back in … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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EDUCATION: Continuity

Posted on April 13, 2004 by Susan

The secret life of higher learning, aside from knowing where to scalpelize or where to research precedent, or how to build an atom bomb, blesses daily with the power tools of utilizing and recognizing every geometric angle, every ion, all … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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WRITING: Voice – A Way of Telling Things?

Posted on April 13, 2004 by Susan

Of all the elements of writing, Voice still puzzles me. Is it, perhaps, a way of seeing things and relating them? Which again, is troubling because we do think differently than we speak sometimes. Wet, being wet, the difference is … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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BLOGGING: Honesty

Posted on April 12, 2004 by Susan

I don’t write in here when I’m really down anymore. I have found that while I used to write into Word first, then cut and paste into Spinning, I have been writing directly into the posting form for the past … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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BLOGGING: Finding Faith

Posted on April 12, 2004 by Susan

Amazing, this weblogging phenomenon. A couple posts ago I mentioned J-Walk’s entry on the Easter Bunny, somewhat sacrilegious, but to some humorous. For many weeks I have been trying to think of a book I read many, many years ago … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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REALITY?: Mondays

Posted on April 12, 2004 by Susan

As I ran out the door this morning to keep a nine a.m. appointment with my accountant, I took one last stab and found the remortgaging papers he would need. Most years, my books are so up-to-date and well done … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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REALITY?: Post Holiday Letdown

Posted on April 11, 2004 by Susan

Well the furniture is all back in place, I’ve cleaned the raspberry jello off the carpet, the leftovers are smooshed inside the refrigerator, and I’m dead tired. Still have the taxes to finish up, and a meeting notice for Narratives … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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REALITY?: Easter Story

Posted on April 11, 2004 by Susan

If your sense of humor is a bit warped, like mine, check out J-Walk’s Easter Story. I don’t want to get involved in political correctness or gender or racial jokes, but it seems to me that freedom of speech should … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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REALITY?: Easter Sunday

Posted on April 11, 2004 by Susan

Whether you are looking for Easter eggs and chocolate rabbits, enjoying an aromatic baked ham, relaxing on a Sunday afternoon, or reflecting on the story of one Man Who lived a life of love and peace as an example to … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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REALITY?: Update

Posted on April 10, 2004 by Susan

Well, the eggs turned out lovely, my bulka rose and smells wonderful, I’m starting the water to boil the piorogi, the sauerkraut has been simmered with butter and zyzpki (sp.) which are those fifty-dollar a pound Polish dried mushrooms that … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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REALITY?: Bah-humbunny!

Posted on April 10, 2004 by Susan

Anybody else screw up their Easter eggs? Remind me to never, never, never buy those weird swirly egg dye kits ever again. After boiling the eggs and not having so much as one even crack, I starting coloring them. I … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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REALITY?: Uh-oh.

Posted on April 10, 2004 by Susan

Uh, tomorrow is Easter Sunday, isn’t it? Can’t believe I put everything off until the last minute. The problem with stress is that it inhibits productivity and everything takes twice as long to do because nothing is well-thought out. The … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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LITERATURE: Publishing

Posted on April 9, 2004 by Susan

Every writer, no matter what they say, keeps the seed of publication somewhere in the freezer compartment of his brain, ready to take out and plant on a computer, feed with warm words, water with emotion, hold it out to … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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REALITY?: Dark

Posted on April 9, 2004 by Susan

It is difficult to think differently when stubbornly holding onto one’s beliefs and peace. We cling like leeches to a satisfying meal of blood, and blood to writers is a state of mind; free-flowing thoughts that transcend the commonplace and … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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REALITY?: Light

Posted on April 9, 2004 by Susan

Sometimes the ray of light just means another broken window. Sometimes that is enough to see by, and find your way. Continue reading →

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