Author Archives: Susan

LITERATURE: Stories for Late at Night – Finale

Posted on October 3, 2006 by Susan

Well, I’m glad I took this little side trip in reading these stories of both another genre and of another era.  It is rather surprising that language changes with the times, and reminds me of photographs of a certain time … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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REALITY?: Employment

Posted on October 3, 2006 by Susan

Well, I have an application at Wal-Mart, and only pray that something else comes up first. Continue reading →

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LITERATURE: Some Um’s..?

Posted on October 3, 2006 by Susan

Having my own work critiqued recently may have made me even more diligent in the reading of story, and there are a couple that I’ve found in this Hitchcock anthology: Finger!  Finger! by Margaret Ronan is about a young girl … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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REALITY?: Reincarnate

Posted on October 2, 2006 by Susan

Collecting the seeds, the end cycle of each individual short span of life.  The basil, the dill, cilantro and poppies, chinese cabbage, beans.  I’ll let these souls sleep through the fall into winter, nudge them awake in the spring. Continue reading →

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WRITING: More Hmmm’s…

Posted on October 1, 2006 by Susan

I was about to post under the heading of REALITY?: Peaches and Cream clouds in a blue china sky, strawberry clusters on the snowball bush, the colors of a rain-washed sunsetting day. I also intended to take a picture of … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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LITERATURE: Stories for Late at Night – Hmmm….

Posted on October 1, 2006 by Susan

Just finished two stories, George Langelaan’s The Fly, which was the basis for two movies, one in 1958 and the remake we all know, in 1986.  Langelaan was credited in each movie. The other is Our Feathered Friends by Philip … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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REALITY?: On Knitting

Posted on October 1, 2006 by Susan

Guess I don’t make the best old lady either; it’s taking me forever to decide on a sweater pattern. I’ve gone through all my old books, but nothing is exactly right for the yarn I have, which is medium weight, … Continue reading →

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REALITY?: October

Posted on October 1, 2006 by Susan

October steps in wearing last season’s clothes, no trendsetter here, oblivious to the fashion that green is now out, orange and yellow are in. Continue reading →

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REALITY?: Politics in Politics

Posted on September 30, 2006 by Susan

Coming off a year fraught with disappointment to the point of disgust with lack of meaning and principle in those charged with representing positions of trust, i.e., priests without morals, lawyers without ethics, teachers without knowledge, it is disconcertingly calming … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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REALITY: Time

Posted on September 30, 2006 by Susan

So there it goes, September.  Already out of reach, almost irretrievably lost among the past months of time gone by. It will never be September, 2006 again.  Memory will distort it to unrecognizable displays.  I’ll sit solemnly in death watch, … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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WRITING: Feedback

Posted on September 30, 2006 by Susan

Just threw a short story, Gazpacho, up at the Crapometer because there’s a point, just as with middle age, where the vision is not clear close up.  The timing was right: they were looking for submissions, and frankly, I was … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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LITERATURE: Stories for Late at Night – M. R. James

Posted on September 30, 2006 by Susan

Ah, leave it to Hitch to fulfill the gothic needs by including one of the stories of M.R. James, The Ash Tree. Witches, curses, horrible deaths over the generations, bedrooms haunted by an old ash tree that nearly touches a … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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REALITY?: Taking Up Knitting

Posted on September 29, 2006 by Susan

Rejection on a job received in the mail today–finally.  Shouldn’t have gotten myself hepped up about it, and I’m glad I started deflating early on.  So much for positive thinking. In truth, the past seven years or so have been … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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New Media: You-Tube

Posted on September 29, 2006 by Susan

This is one of the more interesting digital videos I’ve seen–fascinating because of the work involved. Thanks to Dennis Jerz for the link. I’ve been getting more and more points towards You-Tube, and while I think there’s a lot to … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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REALITY?: Autumn

Posted on September 28, 2006 by Susan

Red maple leaves on the black asphalt of the driveway like bright drops of blood. Summer, wounded, dying. Continue reading →

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