Category Archives: WRITING

WRITING: Moody Blues

Posted on April 26, 2004 by Susan

Silence, just silence; a quiet so deep it touches and wraps one within it and covers one’s ears. Felt as sharply as heard, the skin taut as an eardrum trembling to listen, poised to protect what’s inside. Good moods don’t … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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WRITING: Far Away in The Mind

Posted on April 25, 2004 by Susan

Floating blossom in Salwar Kameez of plum gossamer, dancing on the breeze that blows off deserts, over seas and foreign lands. Tinkling bracelets like bells ringing faraway in time, delicate and divine amid the tolling sounds of a society who … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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WRITING & REALITY?: Uh, Sunday

Posted on April 25, 2004 by Susan

Not eloquence, as last Sunday’s walk and drive produced, but fiction, freefalling from the mind in science fiction genre. Mother first, confirming yes, the deer have eaten from the pot of Johnny-Jump-ups. Busy day up there today, as gardeners tend … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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WRITING: Reading and Listening

Posted on April 23, 2004 by Susan

I was brought back to the Narratives Writers meeting by this phrase from Reflections in D Minor regarding all-time worst songs: “This will probably sound sort of strange but I often don’t pay any attention to the lyrics and sometimes … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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WRITING: Workshopping

Posted on April 22, 2004 by Susan

At our Narratives meeting last night, we workshopped three poems by different members of the group, and so many interesting views and viewpoints were brought up that continued in my mind well past adjournment. In studying not only poetry but … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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WRITING: Sotto Voce

Posted on April 22, 2004 by Susan

On Pomegranates and Paper, dear Loretta has found her “voice” in writing, and I am absolutely green with envy, even as I fall back onto clichés to express it. To be honest, I am excited and inspired by revelations such … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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WRITING: Word Meanings

Posted on April 22, 2004 by Susan

After a very informative and exciting meeting of our writing group last night, I awoke this morning with the remnant of a dream that happened some time during my sleep. I recall a flash of a dictionary page and in … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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WRITING & BLOGGING: Style Shifts

Posted on April 18, 2004 by Susan

Well obviously I am in a creative mood, and so for as long as it lasts, I suppose my posts will retain that literary flavor. Imagery abounds, incomplete sentences, feelings, approaching your senses with tastes, and smells and making you … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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WRITING & REALITY?: A Walk on The First Sunday of Spring

Posted on April 18, 2004 by Susan

I open one more window, but it doesn’t work. I must take myself outside to breathe in the season. Leaving forty years tucked into forty jars of custard, like the apricots you hide in old prune boxes when you no … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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WRITING & REALITY?: A Drive on The First Sunday of Spring

Posted on April 18, 2004 by Susan

Forsythias, oh Forsythias! Greek gloriously named seers, yellow-mouthed mini-trumpets of Spring. Blond Daffadowndillies from brown bulb roots grow, after applying Spring Clairol they are ready to show. Gone, I see, are the lavendar crocus lips that quenched the thirst of … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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WRITING: Mood Driven

Posted on April 18, 2004 by Susan

I have been up since around two this morning, have spent some time browsing, added some new links, found a great one for my spouse called “Poke the Nun” (no, I don’t mean that!), and am about to raid the … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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EDUCATION & WRITING: More Rewards

Posted on April 17, 2004 by Susan

I am absolutely delighted to find that two more members of our Narratives Writing Group at Tunxis Community College are due to receive recognition along with me, and I must say, I am envious but so terribly proud of them … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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WRITING: Quotations

Posted on April 16, 2004 by Susan

From Book of Life, this quote by one of my favorite guys: “Enlightenment means taking full responsibility for your life.” – William Blake, British poet (1757-1827) The weblog also led me to a very interesting link called Frame-A-Quote which was … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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WRITING: Gentle Pushes and Swift Kicks

Posted on April 16, 2004 by Susan

As a picture framer, I have seen many artists pick up palette, pencil, or pastels about the time of menopause or the more manly mid-life crisis. What amazes me is how many writers do the same. Most of us who … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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WRITING & REALITY?: Journeys

Posted on April 15, 2004 by Susan

Fifty years and more of walking the perimeter, spotting tempting trees to climb and voices telling, “no, you can’t do that,” and wanting even more to do so then. Whispers say, “well, try it, try it,” but fear of falling … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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