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REALITY?: OR Games

Posted on May 11, 2009 by susan

Technology turns the human heartbeat into rhythmic beeps that pierce the sterile white room. I lay there swathed in white and blue, protected from the light and glint of steel, feeling the insides of my head pulled and prodded, cut. … Continue reading →

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REALITY?: Update and General Health Infodump

Posted on May 11, 2009 by susan

After the complete control of the headache by prednisone and the last bloodtests revealing elevated ‘sed rates’ and CRP highly indicative of inflammation of the arteries, I am pretty confident that the diagnosis of Giant Cell Arteritis is accurate. But … Continue reading →

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CURRENT AFFAIRS: Assbackwards Healthcare Reform

Posted on May 11, 2009 by susan

Thanks to Ronni Bennett for the post notice on this New York Times Article, whereby Democrat Senators Baucus (MT) and Harkin (IA) propose: Congress is seriously considering proposals to provide tax credits or other subsidies to employers who offer wellness … Continue reading →

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REALITY?: War technology gone too far?

Posted on May 10, 2009 by susan

Can’t get tonight’s CBS  60 Minutes report shaken free, settled, comprehended. It was on the new military air force unmanned planes that are currently being used over Iraq and Afghanistan. The planes carry missiles, and more importantly, cameras that see … Continue reading →

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POETRY & REALITY?: Poets are Creative, not Stupid.

Posted on May 10, 2009 by susan

And so I would have expected a more creative approach from the Academy of American Poets in their search for gold (that’s metaphor for offering membership to get funding). Dear Friend, Today it gives me great pleasure to invite you … Continue reading →

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LITERATURE: The Last Days of Dogtown – Narrative Structure and Plot

Posted on May 10, 2009 by susan

It’s a strange setup here where we had a central event in the opening of the narrative that introduced most of the characters and skillfully revealed their relationships and a bit of background as they gathered at Easter Carter’s to … Continue reading →

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REALITY?: Happy Mothers Day

Posted on May 10, 2009 by susan

Celebrate, appreciate, honor, enjoy!

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POETRY: Immortal

Posted on May 9, 2009 by susan

Watching spring rains accelerate birth wet, green, reaching, unfurling sprout thrives, thickens, stands strong, though orphaned, alone; a seed left behind by a dying parent containing all it would need to continue its kind with a lick, a taste, a … Continue reading →

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POETRY: Natural Bristles

Posted on May 9, 2009 by susan

Indigo flash, like a single lit Christmas bulb on the bush where moments ago, red and yellow shone taking in the glory of the sun recycling it as feathers painting a brush of primary color across the canvas

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LITERATURE: The Last Days of Dogtown – Typos and Alliteration

Posted on May 9, 2009 by susan

Not really a typo but a switch from “his roost in the golden beech tree” to “Sammy’s autumn-gilded birch” that comes about a page later. Diamant has placed eleven year-old Sammy Stanley up in a tree, fingering five dimes in … Continue reading →

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LITERATURE: The Last Days of Dogtown – Transitioning

Posted on May 9, 2009 by susan

Diamant doesn’t do as smooth a job of transitioning at this point of the story, where we are about to learn something about the mysterious Black Ruth. A strange man appears on Easter’s doorstep seeking the Wharfs, and when she … Continue reading →

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WRITING: Another Season Goes By

Posted on May 9, 2009 by susan

One by one the reading periods close and I let them without submitting. Yes, there’s all year to write and edit and get them in well within the time period, but I am a procrastinator and don’t always have something … Continue reading →

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EDUCATION: Congratulations!

Posted on May 9, 2009 by susan

Proud to pass the word that Lonnieann received two awards the other night: Leadership & Service for the Art Club, and the Academic Discipline for Visual Fine Arts Program. Lonnieann will be going on to SCAD in Georgia. Good work, … Continue reading →

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LITERATURE: The Last Days of Dogtown – Setting through Imagery

Posted on May 8, 2009 by susan

And, I suppose, imagery through language choice, or diction. Diamant seems to use a blend of plain talk with some lovely description: When she first arrived in Gloucester, Ruth had asked a boy how to get to Brimfield farm. Following … Continue reading →

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EDUCATION: Standards

Posted on May 8, 2009 by susan

Just happened to read a couple student essays; how do these kids get into college much less graduate?  Repeatedly ‘there’ for ‘their’ and ‘are’ for ‘our’, ‘your’ for ‘you’re’, and forget tense and punctuation. We all make mistakes; we each … Continue reading →

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