Author Archives: Susan

EDUCATION: Giving the Devil His Due

Posted on January 18, 2004 by Susan

You know, whom am I kidding with the sacred rule of protecting identities on weblogs? All you have to do is follow the links back and you’ll find a name. In my post EDUCATION: The Unlisted Courses, I mention my … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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TECHNOLOGY: Is it plugged in?

Posted on January 18, 2004 by Susan

Well, maybe not quite that simple to fix, but when I finally got a chance to look again at that IBM computer for the daycare center and found that it wasn’t the power supply (good thing I looked around a … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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EDUCATION: The Unlisted Courses

Posted on January 18, 2004 by Susan

This is going to sound like a real suck-up post, but it isn’t meant that way. With the opening of the semester I just thought it timely to write about the finer side of education after I’ve complained about the … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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WRITING: Creative Fantasy

Posted on January 18, 2004 by Susan

I am amazed at the number of women who do not have a sexual fantasy figure in their lives. I realize that studies have shown that while a majority of women do, a large number will name their husband or … Continue reading →

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EDGAR AND I: The Male Influence

Posted on January 18, 2004 by Susan

Evidently, Edgar is getting through to me, and his influence is showing up in my Writing Voice (back in October I was really looking all over for my Voice and couldn’t find it). I’d seen references in other blogs and … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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REALITY?: Research in the Daily Job

Posted on January 17, 2004 by Susan

I really have to tell you this one—since I didn’t want to let my framing customer know about it and it just struck me funny. The piece I was framing was a large, 24”x 36” creamy, fairly solid tatting (crochet) … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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WRITING: Current Clichés

Posted on January 17, 2004 by Susan

Obviously clichés are trends set in time and spread to places by their quality of being catchy and repeatable. And though some will live in infamy—evidently we’re just unwilling to give them up—some will, with any luck, be lost to … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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REALITY?: Eagles

Posted on January 17, 2004 by Susan

In the January issue of Connecticut Life, there is an article on the American Bald Eagle, and as I’ve mentioned before, I’ve almost daily seen a nesting pair right near my house. I didn’t realize what had brought them to … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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WRITING & BLOGGING: Promises, promises

Posted on January 17, 2004 by Susan

Mark the date: Today I am double-blatantly disobeying the Weblog Rules of Etiquette, and the same one at that–throwing out a “teaser” and not getting back to it. Honestly though, this time it is due to lack of time to … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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REALITY?: Happiness is…

Posted on January 17, 2004 by Susan

…opening up the frameshop this morning and finding that the half-filled coffeepot didn’t freeze. Unfortunately, Shop Computer still hasn’t adjusted to the cold nights, and is taking his time to rouse, grumbling low within his belly his discontent and reluctance. … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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REALITY?: Best of Intentions

Posted on January 17, 2004 by Susan

It was dark at five o’clock this morning as I silently crept across the snowy yard from my neighbor’s house to my own. Something else alive was out there, but I quickened my steps rather than use the flashlight I’d … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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CURRENT AFFAIRS: Civilization Advances

Posted on January 16, 2004 by Susan

Friday morning heavy duty thought for the day: Let the new generation fight the bureaucracy that we older folks supposedly established. Without the worries of career and survival of the rat race ahead, I am free to do what I … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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WRITING: My Stuff

Posted on January 16, 2004 by Susan

Little by little I’ll be pulling some stories and poems off my hard drive and planting them in Talespinning where with any luck, they’ll bother me enough to start revisions. Some are real bad, but others are okay and may … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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EDUCATION: How Far to Go

Posted on January 16, 2004 by Susan

Yesterday in a comment I wrote the words, “coulda’s, woulda’s, and shoulda’s don’t help…” Sometimes they do, though. While it’s useless and frustrating to think of the paths not taken, it does bring with it the ability to focus on … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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WRITING: Fictionalizing Reality

Posted on January 15, 2004 by Susan

I just absolutely love Marc’s takeoff on a news item of God & San Antonio–you just have to read this at The Hanged Man. (Really, darling, you must.) Continue reading →

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