Author Archives: Susan

REALITY?: Changes

Posted on August 14, 2006 by Susan

Changes in weather with its autumn sounds and scents and feelings.  In life, wandering amid the well–familiar and missing what is gone.  In writing, ever constant ever different ever striving, opening up the soul to what is buried and what … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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REALITY?: Non-linear Morning

Posted on August 12, 2006 by Susan

Cool September morning in the first third of August.  Doe hesitant about crossing the yard while I sit.  Back a few steps turnaround back and forth several more times, facing me, she asks What’s going on? From some place in … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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LITERATURE, WRITING: & WLLIE

Posted on August 9, 2006 by Susan

Dang good thing I saw the Willie special on tv now once before.  Reading, writing, and preparing for another danged legal meetin’ tomorrow. Read Sarrasine by Honore de Balzac today and will have a separate posting on it in conjunction … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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REALITY?: Strategy

Posted on August 8, 2006 by Susan

Well, after sixteen years I think I have this "another pin-hole leak in the pipes–shut the water off–call the plumber" thing down to a science.  Though sometimes I can tape or clamp the hole to last, this one’s not working … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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REALITY?: August Politics

Posted on August 7, 2006 by Susan

Gearing myself up for the big vote tomorrow.  Rolling each man around in my mind and trying not to make a big deal of the dirty campaigning.  The record, the platform, the bullshit aside;  who are they really inside? Continue reading →

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WRITING: Phases & Stages

Posted on August 7, 2006 by Susan

While the novels I’ve been reading lately have somehow inspired rather than intimidated writing on my part–and that’s a good thing–it appears that even yesterday’s short story reading has infused me with a so what? attitude. Meaning, after each of … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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LITERATURE: Beloved – Finale

Posted on August 5, 2006 by Susan

Despite my argument with the four chapters we spend in the heads of Sethe, Denver and Beloved, I greatly admire Morrison’s writing and am pleased to say that it rises above even the subject matter in its presentation.  By that … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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REALITY?: Susie-Fix

Posted on August 5, 2006 by Susan

Quite proud of myself this morning.  Fixed two problems with my framing equipment, both repairs required from long-time use that wore components to the breaking point.  One needed replacement parts that I managed with a long screw to serve as … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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WRITING: Rewriting

Posted on August 3, 2006 by Susan

Was fortunate to get a brief critique on the latest story I’ve written, and while it’s a good feeling to have your suspicions confirmed, it’s very telling about your personal editing habits.  No matter how much experience you’ve had in … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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REALITY?: Too Hot to Cook

Posted on August 3, 2006 by Susan

And too hot to eat.  We’ve even made pizza on the outdoor grill.  But for this third or fourth scorcher in a row, I’ve prepared some hot weather food.  Ready when the hungry mood strikes.  We have potato salad and … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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LITERATURE & BLOGGING: Bummer

Posted on August 2, 2006 by Susan

Just lost two posts on Beloved and I’ll be damned if in this heat I’m going to put them together again.  Curse you, Typepad! Continue reading →

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REALITY?: Evening Light

Posted on August 1, 2006 by Susan

Summer evening clear light stains the earth with a richness of color, yellows the green leaves and lawn to a depth that midday sun cannot achieve.  Pink petunias scream out, reds catch fire, whites glow in contrast to the saturation … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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STORIES: Willowwood

Posted on August 1, 2006 by Susan

Once upon a willow a small boy sat, unusual for the natural growth in limbs of such rarely afford good climbing.  But by chance, this particular willow tree when young had been struck by a fork of lightning that had … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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REALITY?, WRITING & STORYTRON: Character Development

Posted on July 31, 2006 by Susan

Feeling much better about some personal matters, and have a bit of faith developing in justice and the law.  My lawyer seems to have suddenly realized that my dramatics are based upon a passion for and some knowledge of fairness … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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REALITY?: Story

Posted on July 30, 2006 by Susan

Rearranging the office, cleaning out things just piled up and in drawers.  Stories behind finds that I thought were long gone:  Six written pages written eighteen years ago on the end of a love affair that lived only six years … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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