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Author Archives: susan
REALITY?: Taking care of business
Which in my life, includes trying to coax the oriole away from the hummingbird feeder by giving him a half of an orange all his very own. I’ve been talking to him through the open kitchen window and so he … Continue reading
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LITERATURE: House of Leaves – Opening
Opening the story in the first person pov, we are hearing from a man about an experience in his past that tells us right in the first sentence: “I still get nightmares.” What follows as an introduction is the setting … Continue reading
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REALITY?: Huh?
Okay so the biopsies came back negative for Giant Cell Arteritis. That’s good news, and it gets me off the Prednisone faster. But all the blood tests haven’t come back to suggest anything else as yet, so it’s a sudden … Continue reading
REALITY?: Coincidence?
Got a chuckle from Charles Deemer’s post a minute ago; it’s all in the timing:
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LITERATURE: Up Next – House of Leaves
This novel by Mark Z. Danielewski has intrigued me for a while but I think it’s something you really have to be in the mood to explore. It’s likely not an easy read, and for once, I’m doing a bit … Continue reading
LITERATURE: The Last Days of Dogtown – Finale
It’s hard to say why this book went from great to mediocre for me but I know that as I neared the ending I lost interest even in the characters that I felt Diamant had built up so well in … Continue reading
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Tagged Anita Diamant
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EDUCATION: Graduation
Congratulations to all graduates this year on achieving your goals, along with good wishes for your continued success in the pursuit of higher learning or with the beginning of exciting careers. So as not to offend or cause damage to … Continue reading
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REALITY?: Deeper and Duller
I come from a world that takes insult at a label inside an oven door that warns you of danger if you or your child stand on the oven door because the oven is liable to tip. I come from … Continue reading
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LITERATURE: The Last Days of Dogtown – Telling Feelings
Not what I’d expect to find in a bestseller: Easter saw a fellow across the table roll his eyes and realized that she was making a fool of herself. She rushed off to get his tea, redfaced and flustered. (p. … Continue reading
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Tagged Anita Diamant, Style
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LITERATURE: The Last Days of Dogtown – Motif
While it would seem that the pack of wild dogs that wander in and out of the story would be one of the obvious motifs in this story of Dogtown, I’d have to say that while Diamant has brought them … Continue reading
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LITERATURE: The Last Days of Dogtown – Style
Whether it’s the difference between reading with a pounding headache and reading with a clear head or some other quirk of time and space, I’m finding the writing quality of this novel going steadily downhill towards the end. It feels … Continue reading
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WRITING: Letting Life Go By
Tried one last time to stir people up to stir me up to decision on those stories and just didn’t get fired up enough to try reading them again. Sometimes you just get sick of your own stuff and after … Continue reading
REALITY?: Borders
Sitting in the doctor’s office yesterday, caught a Calvin Klein ad in Rolling Stone that sort of set my mind ill at ease: To each his own, and sex is great and all that, but a young woman with three … Continue reading
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REALITY?: Finally, Food!
Haven’t been quite able to produce anything complicated in a couple weeks, but today I’m making stuffed shells. In my semi-conscious state last week I thought I bought a large container of yogurt, but when I looked in the fridge … Continue reading
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LITERATURE: The Last Days of Dogtown – Philosophy
Not thrilled with the writing style the book has taken; it appears to be a lot of telling to inform the reader of the past and to make some progress in the timeline for the characters. There is little of … Continue reading
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The Lost Children: A Charity Anthology