Category Archives: REALITY

REALITY? & WRITING: The Changing World

Posted on October 15, 2007 by Susan

Some helpful back and forth about some admittedly self-centered soul-searching brought up this gem from Barbara Klaser on the advantages of the internet that offer writers the opportunity to show their stuff as never before: It’s as if the world … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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REALITY?: Energy

Posted on October 13, 2007 by Susan

So with the entrance  of the autumn season sometime during the night I wake into a different world where windows shut and the smell of predawn battle comes in drifts of warming radiators. The last five-gallon jug of wine, the … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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REALITY?: That first Fall Wind after the Rain

Posted on October 12, 2007 by Susan

I look up to watch the yellow aspen leaves flying wild with the retreating charcoal clouds.  Like licks of flame inside a furnace, yet oddly cold. Continue reading →

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REALITY?: In a parallel world

Posted on October 12, 2007 by Susan

Coincidences are piling up lately.  Just after the last posting I checked my e-mail and found this bit of spam: Hi ,I’ve requested to add you as a friend on SiliconIndia, an invite-only career Indian community. You can use SiliconIndia … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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REALITY?: Some Thoughts…

Posted on October 12, 2007 by Susan

…on approaching the ending of another decade. This morning I found this closing as part of a comment on Dean’s anacronym weblog: I am John, and I used to be excellent. Wow.  That says so well exactly what I’ve been … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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REALITY?: Me and My Insula

Posted on October 11, 2007 by Susan

You do learn some interesting things from the AARP bulletins and in this particular case, the knowledge was immediately understood and recognized. The article was about retirement planning and one of the tips was about thinking over any purchases very … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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REALITY?: Kid Nation – Fun

Posted on October 10, 2007 by Susan

This is great:  One of the 9 year-old boys is terribly homesick and misses his girlfriend–his love since third grade. He wipes away tears as he touches her photo and letter. His good buddy listens, gives him this advice: "I … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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REALITY?: Or is it…?

Posted on October 9, 2007 by Susan

Okay, so lately an awful lot of coincidences have been happening, and I won’t even mention the 3:33 a.m. (digitally displayed, as I sit up to peer over the mountain of man between me and the clock) random wakeups for … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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REALITY? & LITERATURE: Life and Art

Posted on October 9, 2007 by Susan

There are tragedies that seem so heartbreaking that nothing could surpass them.  Yet for some people it is compounded by a series of events that one minute, one step in a different direction, one thought, might have kept them from … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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REALITY?: Mood Music

Posted on October 9, 2007 by Susan

Sometimes a mood persists and finds itself a song from out of archives filed by era and I found what I was looking for once I stopped and listened to what I sing. Strawberry Fields (John Lennon/Paul McCartney) Let me … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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REALITY?: Perspective

Posted on October 7, 2007 by Susan

Things look different from the other side of the hill.  The green green grass rolls under fences, the sun burns a soft hot, and you can reach out and touch the split of horizon.  And you think that behind you … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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REALITY?: Morningtime

Posted on October 6, 2007 by Susan

Twenty-one thousand mornings and each is somehow different enough from the others to shape a mood, affect the day, change the tone in preparation for only one of twenty-one thousand nights. Continue reading →

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REALITY?: Those Warnings & Side Effects

Posted on October 5, 2007 by Susan

While it’s been a great idea to make it government-required to list side effects and warnings in all advertising of prescriptions, I’m sure it’s become somewhat of a joke when you see that the dangers are multiple, and seem worse … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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REALITY?: Just when you thought you’d heard it all…

Posted on October 4, 2007 by Susan

One of my favorite sites is of all things a lawyer’s blog called Overlawyered and it’s sort of a report by lawyers on lawyers and some of the sillier things that go on in the justice system.  Believe me, with … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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REALITY?: Susan for President?

Posted on October 4, 2007 by Susan

Well maybe someday, but not yet. I can start small.  Driving up my hill this morning I noticed the usual proliferation of political signage that I am so staunchly against.  I started reading them.  Big difference this year: the office … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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