Category Archives: WRITING

WRITING & REALITY: Encounters

Posted on August 7, 2004 by Susan

“Let’s go uptown for coffee, see Johnny.” “Okay,” I say, although I know he thinks I just need to get out. (Never start with dialogue, they say; the books, the manuals that teach you how to write.) Two miles, four … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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CURRENT AFFAIRs & WRITING: Speeches & Plans

Posted on August 6, 2004 by Susan

Regretfully, campaign speeches are narratives, stories of the future; even, I suspect, well suited to the Twilight Zone. Idealism runs rampant in the language, and who among us would not cheer the plans and hopes spun out? Would either candidate … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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WRITING & REALITY: Morning Numbers; Mourning Numbers

Posted on August 6, 2004 by Susan

I once believed that only words can hurt the soul and numbers were our friends that make some sense of life. But three when spelled as three and not as 3 becomes as damaging, I think, where once I thought … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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WRITING, REALITY, & BLOGGING: The usual…

Posted on August 5, 2004 by Susan

…indecision, doubt and anxiety about talent, skill, or just running off to produce useless drivel. Need to seriously focus on if I do this or if I don’t–not just blogging, but writing at all. Too many other things left undone … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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WRITING: Want

Posted on August 4, 2004 by Susan

I’m so hungry I could eat a bug. Or larvae, as they make you do on the Survivor. I’m starving for the words that lay on other tables, prepared by chefs like Faulkner, Blake and Austen. I’m hungry still, and … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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WRITING: Feeling in the Doing

Posted on August 4, 2004 by Susan

I walk into his kitchen, place the heavy pot upon the stove and turn a knob while saying hi, how are you doing? I tell him all it needs is just to bring it back to pressure, let the steam … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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WRITING: 1001

Posted on August 4, 2004 by Susan

Hell fires burn warm, inviting in the seeing by the seeker passing by. Glowing orange red through windows facing roads, the crystal panes are useless as a wall to sagely warn. Closer, peering in to watch the shadows dancing in … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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WRITING: morning metaphors

Posted on August 3, 2004 by Susan

Sometimes, in the light of sun I cannot talk to anyone, as if in dark of night and sleep I tucked myself away. Slipping out, pushing back the fringed edges, blinking at the blinding rays revealing, I retreat. Continue reading →

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WRITING: A Light Along The Path

Posted on August 2, 2004 by Susan

In a comment by Vikk of The Writer’s Path, an inspirational and informational site by one of our own: “BTW, can you post a link or make it possible to connect to your instructor’s blog? I really liked the quote … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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WRITING: Natural Elements of Voice

Posted on August 2, 2004 by Susan

It was once pointed out to me, and now I see it more and more how strongly bound I am by another meaning of gravity to the earth. Once I gave a lover a final gift on parting; a print … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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WRITING & REALITY: Time, Timing, Timer, Timed, Time..

Posted on August 1, 2004 by Susan

I cannot let this first of August day go by. I must mark it somehow with myself as it has somehow left a mark on me. A word or two is all I have to offer, using them to form … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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WRITING & REALITY: Adjustment

Posted on July 31, 2004 by Susan

How odd, at more-than-middle age to feel the pangs of orphanhood. I thought perhaps, as being childless, losing parents is as close to losing child or spouse. But no, one of my sisters feels it too, beyond the scope of … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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WRITING: Whoopsies

Posted on July 30, 2004 by Susan

I do not like people making fun of the ignorance of others, although I hope to be able to laugh at myself and close friends who make the occasional gaffe. So the purpose of my quoting Larry Marshall at the … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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WRITING & REALITY: Seeing the Whole Picture

Posted on July 30, 2004 by Susan

The very real problem of understanding an issue, political or otherwise, is in not considering all the ramifications of taking a stance. On a political quiz (thanks, Joel) to find out which presidential candidates I most agree with (or perhaps … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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WRITING: Middle Ground

Posted on July 28, 2004 by Susan

Somewhere between ecstasy and despair there is a land of normal where I visit sometimes when I cannot think. I’ve stayed there maybe minutes in an hour of pain to get a gulp of air and some days I have … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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