Author Archives: Susan

CURRENT AFFAIRS: Global Reactions

Posted on March 19, 2004 by Susan

There is not a word that I can add to “Don’t Look Back“, an entry at the The Forager, except perhaps to whisper a little prayer of thanks that there are those who can so practically and eloquently write about … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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LITERATURE: Modernism, etc.

Posted on March 19, 2004 by Susan

Weird. In the same week wherein I revealed perhaps unjustly a dislike and discontent with the way art and literature seems to have developed, and predicted a new wave shortly coming, I see a posting at 2 Blowhards relative to … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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WRITING: March Madness

Posted on March 19, 2004 by Susan

It is showing up in my writing, and now my verbal conversation, and I have had to bite my tongue lest those who listen start to wonder. It doesn’t look to go away, yet at fifteen it was beaten to … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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WRITING: Mood

Posted on March 19, 2004 by Susan

The snow is weighing down on me, each flake an ironweight under its alias of feather. Grey days take the color out of life, and store it…where? Slowly we wean ourselves from the breasts that gave us milk and honey, … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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WRITING: Under the Influence

Posted on March 18, 2004 by Susan

You are what you read. I know this isn’t the axiom we are used to, but it works well for me. If indeed I were what I ate, I would have fallen through the fragile crust of the earth by … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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SELF ANALYSIS: Springing Back to Life

Posted on March 18, 2004 by Susan

Starting to lose altitude a bit, but stabilized to float above it all safely, and am in no danger of crashing because this time I thought to bring a parachute along. Or, more metaphor, I remember to wear my jacket … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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WRITING: A bit of contemporary poetry

Posted on March 18, 2004 by Susan

Well, maybe the poetry hasn’t left my mind completely (and here I thought I was getting better), and this will be thrown into Talespinning with the rest, but Spanish and picture framing is taking up my time today, and this … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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LITERATURE: Contemporary Poetry

Posted on March 17, 2004 by Susan

With some proper punctuation, sometimes a missing subject and a verb or two, I feel that some of what I read in poems written lately just are short stories lacking the aforementioned. Or else, as in the current trend in … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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BLOGGING: The Weblog Personalities

Posted on March 16, 2004 by Susan

When I first began Spinning this past October, I said to he who started me upon this evil path, “Hey, wouldn’t it be kinda neat to do sort of a cluster blog with multiple authors, but they’re all really the … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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WRITING: Showers of Inspiration

Posted on March 16, 2004 by Susan

I’m finding that there are many more secret shower-inspired writers among us, so I’ve not been all that strange in so many of my postings that referred to this subject. Danny of Everyday Matters just posted last week on this … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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CURRENT AFFAIRS: Easter

Posted on March 16, 2004 by Susan

Thank God it’s taking longer for Jesus Christ to rouse Himself this year; Easter’s not until April 11th. Last year it was sometime in March, and since I’m the one who holds the family dinner—for which all appear, some I’m … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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REALITY?: My Rock!

Posted on March 16, 2004 by Susan

Doing 50 mph on Route 118 to Goshen yesterday, I almost pulled a screeching U-ee when I spotted the rocks. Long-time readers of Spinning will recall, but I’ll just throw a brief summary here of my interest in finding a … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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REALITY?: Diversity

Posted on March 16, 2004 by Susan

My only fear in mixing cultures and blending them together too smoothly is the loss of some of our finest points of diversity—particularly in the area of food. With St. Patrick’s day upon us, while I’m sure I’ve both Americanized … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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WRITING: Dialogue

Posted on March 15, 2004 by Susan

Inspired by a great presentation by Professor John Timmons that was followed by discussion at the last meeting of our writers’ group, Narratives, regarding the essential elements of dialogue, I wrote this scenario quickly and hope to go back over … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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PEOPLE: Gender Bias

Posted on March 14, 2004 by Susan

No, not a heavy post on discrimination–you know I hate arguments. But one of the previous posts on Cook! Bake! has started me off on a tangent that in no way indicates any feminist declarations will be forthcoming, no male-bashing, … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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