Category Archives: REALITY

REALITY?: This Morning after a Night’s Rain

Posted on June 20, 2006 by Susan

The freshly laundered sky, clear blue, still damp; wrinkled with clouds awaiting the heat of the sun to smooth it into day. Continue reading →

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REALITY?: Happy Father’s Day

Posted on June 18, 2006 by Susan

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BLOGGING & REALITY?: Circumstantial Evidence

Posted on June 17, 2006 by Susan

In the next few weeks, reality will be heavily voiced over in metaphor and symbolism–as has usually been my way unless the situation cannot be covered in poetic form.  I’ve applied for a couple jobs that may call for checking … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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REALITY?: Anniversary Lobster

Posted on June 17, 2006 by Susan

Plates set out for the dinner meal, fork and knife and claw crackers and picks.  And several napkins and individual butter bowls.  Wineglasses filled with sparkling white–to be proper, of course.  No bibs; we change our shirts instead.  Eight pounds … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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REALITY?: Evolution and the Layers of Night

Posted on June 16, 2006 by Susan

Why has not the lightning bug learned to fly above the reach of children who run in glee with jars and open palms across the blackened lawns? Then I see the flitting bats above, winging tighter, tighter concentric circles in … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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INTERACTIVE FICITON: Book and Volume – Slow Reader

Posted on June 16, 2006 by Susan

I’ve lost my hard-learned knack of getting through  IF.  To give you an example, the transcript from I’ve made of my progress in getting outside from "my" apartment to the street to begin my mission (the text reponses/directions following the … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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REALITY?: Barn Flowers

Posted on June 14, 2006 by Susan
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REALITY?: Moving On

Posted on June 13, 2006 by Susan

A weighty post from Mark at Clear Lake Reflections that hit home today.  About what remains within us as the world changes around us.  About how we react and how we adjust.  And, about how we move on from there. Continue reading →

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INTERACTIVE FICTION: Book and Volume – Observations

Posted on June 11, 2006 by Susan

Now that I’m all cocky because I finally got past the first "event," and was presented with my first task and seem to be on the right road, some observations about both IF and this piece in particular… Just as … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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LITERATURE & IF: Story

Posted on June 11, 2006 by Susan

First, the IF piece, Book and Volume:  Finally got the secret code word that answers the pager.  Simple, and I’d thought I’d already tried it, but I guess not in the right sequence.  Anyway, the response on my part was … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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INTERACTIVE FICTION: Book and Volume

Posted on June 11, 2006 by Susan

Well, it didn’t take long for me to fall right back into character with this–and I had to search the net to find the WinFrotz Interpreter to download.  I love IF, because it’s just so me.  I am in my … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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INTERACTIVE FICTION: New Stuff

Posted on June 11, 2006 by Susan

Well, there’s just no way I can think about getting another job when Dennis Jerz brings even more "reading" into my life, resurrecting interactive fiction (of the text sort) with a couple of entries this morning on new writing software … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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REALITY?: Natural Layering

Posted on June 11, 2006 by Susan

Damn, but if I need to learn about life all I need do is go out in the backyard morning. The clouds are stratus far above in static streaks like still is still moving to me (Willie) while another layer … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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LITERATURE &REALITY: Boethius Reminds

Posted on June 10, 2006 by susan

And with a thundering voice that seeks to penetrate my soul:  Let go of that which you cannot possess, but subject to the whims of Fate that wears the mask of others.  And let the riches draw you that are … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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LITERATURE & WRITING (and Reality!): Breaking Rules

Posted on June 10, 2006 by Susan

I’ve always been a rulebreaker–operating just this side of the law.  But there are three things one must understand about rules and flaunting them before they open themselves up to the breaking: One should understand the purpose of the rule … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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