Author Archives: Susan

WRITING: Bummed

Posted on August 11, 2008 by Susan

I sent a friend a recent story; she had time to read, locked away a week up at the lake with a husband tied up on computer and telephone to his job. As an afterthought I sent a story written … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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WRITING: Small Change

Posted on August 9, 2008 by Susan

Oil the focus of a brief conversationslips into a dream that nightof a one-legged black man in Pittsburghstill swinging on crutches like a pendulumthrough the slick surface of day Why didn’t I dig deeper than a handfulof change, quarters and … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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LITERATURE & NEW MEDIA: Character Driven Film

Posted on August 9, 2008 by Susan

I watched a couple of movies last night while I was reading (habit from childhood): Hellboy, in prep for seeing Hellboy 2 some day, and War of the Worlds–the 2005 version. As I watched WotW, I recalled the original version … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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WRITING: Reverence

Posted on August 8, 2008 by Susan

I would choosethe subtle tortoise marijuana over the speed of hareif there were a God other than Time Continue reading →

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REALITY?: Into the 21st Century

Posted on August 8, 2008 by Susan

The old furnace obviously needed to be replaced and the price of oil justifies the immediate expense. But the new one’s starting to look like something out of a space station…

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WRITING: Mood Set

Posted on August 8, 2008 by Susan

A white sheet of paper sky black silhouette trees the sun has left and taken all the color away A day of pondering and decision a leaf turned to the wind either or, no weather and no whether today

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REALITY?: Discrimination

Posted on August 7, 2008 by Susan

And the sign said long haired freaky people need not apply So I tucked my hair up under my hat and I went in to ask him why He said you look like a fine upstanding young man, I think … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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LITERATURE: Next Up: Naked Lunch

Posted on August 6, 2008 by Susan

This 1959 novel of human nature and addiction by William S. Burroughs should be a nice counterbalance to Peter Taylor’s perception of mankind. Continue reading →

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REALITY? & WRITING: Passion

Posted on August 6, 2008 by Susan

I’m watching So You Think You Can Dance and naturally, crying.  Josh is crying and I cry for him.  What is getting to me from this show to insure my weekly cleansing of emotion is the beauty of the passion … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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REALITY?: Of Breasts and Bums

Posted on August 5, 2008 by Susan

Can I talk to you about. . . breast tests and colonoscopys? What started it all was my cardiologist’s insistence that I find a primary care physician.  I’m not a doctor person so I’ve been able to make do with … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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REALITY?: Wining

Posted on August 4, 2008 by Susan

Getting ready to bottle last year’s product.  Here, the overage (what doesn’t fit in the carboys) of peach, crabapple and grape.  The clarifier worked beautifully (the grape is in a frosted bottle) and made the wine sparkling bright. Being on … Continue reading →

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REVIEWS: The Handbag – A Note From the Author

Posted on August 3, 2008 by Susan

Back in spring, in a course in Creative Writing, I did some brief reviews on all the stories in Flash Fiction Forward, one of the anthologies of short-shorts and The Handbag by Michael Augustin was one of my favorites. In … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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NEW MEDIA LITERATURE: Shadow of the Stars – Preview

Posted on August 3, 2008 by Susan

Our good buddies Josh & Kas Radke have a preview of Kas’ book, Shadow of the Stars on their website of the newly formed Grail Quest Books. The ten-page preview gives the background of this epic that Kas has written, … Continue reading →

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REALITY?: Garden Update

Posted on August 3, 2008 by Susan

Bummer. The first year I’ve got tomatoes–the big ones–early, the plants have contracted fusarium wilt from the soil.  The yellow squash are getting eaten off at the bud now that the plants have finally grown, and some of the cucumber … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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WRITING: Sound Perspective

Posted on August 2, 2008 by Susan

the sky grumbleslike a pride of lions ata kill oris it just a whisperto a giant or a god . . . does one shout intoa conch shellor does onelisten to the wavesreverberate the fragile spiralslike the chambersof a heartthat … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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