Author Archives: Susan

LITERATURE: Provinces of Night – Pure McCarthy

Posted on July 2, 2008 by Susan

Spring that year was a strange and solitary time.  There were days when the only car that passed below his house was the mailman, weeks when he spoke or heard no word of human speech.  Boyd did not come and … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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BLOGGING: Comment Rage

Posted on July 2, 2008 by Susan

It’s going to be one of them days: another bad dream involving my sister and then, upon checking the comments, this rather mean-spirited note, on my last post on William Gay’s Provinces of Night: "I found your blog through Google … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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EDUCATION: The Furthering Of

Posted on July 1, 2008 by Susan

Even as I tell myself it’s useless to a career at this point in my life, I’m still wondering if I shouldn’t go for a quickie degree that will serve as some sort of credential.  Central? Charter Oak? University of … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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REALITY?: Tongue Association

Posted on June 30, 2008 by Susan

As I slide my tongue along teeth freshly scraped and polished by a professional, I wonder if the UPS man knows that I am thinking of french kisses and the summer scent of roses. Continue reading →

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REALITY?: Grapes Dripping off Branches

Posted on June 29, 2008 by Susan

Bumper crop of grapes this year, and I’ve allowed them full access to the peach trees which are due to be cut down since they’re way out of hand and that’s my fault for not tending them properly the last … Continue reading →

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WRITING: Submissions

Posted on June 28, 2008 by Susan

I swore I wouldn’t but I indeed have sent one of my latest short stories out to select literary journals (select here meaning open reading time and sign up and click rather than print out, besides the "know your market" … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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LITERATURE: 100 Images/100 Poems

Posted on June 28, 2008 by Susan

Went to check the Tunxis site to see what’s available for a Fall semester class and whose friendly face pops up?  (I love the ‘full screen’ display version of my Mac!) But this reminded me that at Media Play Steve’s … Continue reading →

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REALITY?: Selfish Heart

Posted on June 27, 2008 by Susan

(UPDATED: Now I feel even worse. It was unbelievably delicious. I actually ended up with enough for two.  I ate it all.) I am a bad person. El esposo is at a retirement dinner.  I am sauteing shrimp and escargot … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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REALITY: The Creative Mind

Posted on June 27, 2008 by Susan

On this, his last day of work, I salute Bill Gates for combining his creative self with his business acumen to have developed an empire. Some of us just ain’t got it though.  I just let two customers walk out … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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TECHNOLOGY: Spam Jam

Posted on June 26, 2008 by Susan

I realize that we get unsolicited snail mail that requires a quick look at the envelope and if it’s from Wilmington Delaware it gets tossed automatically.  I know that you can’t watch TV without commercials or read a newspaper without … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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EDUCATION: When it comes down to it…

Posted on June 25, 2008 by Susan

I wonder why we think it’s all right to pay a college basketball coach $8 million for a five year contract when the real job of the college (UConn) is education: Auriemma Signs 5-Year Deal With UConn Contract Worth $8 … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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REALITY?: Good Foodies

Posted on June 25, 2008 by Susan

Hoping that my dear friend Nancy stopping by tomorrow will have time for lunch, I’m planning on stirfry with jumbo shrimp and shitake mushrooms since it’s quick and easy. Love this start to the season of fresh vegies and grillwork.  … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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WRITING: More Visual Editing

Posted on June 25, 2008 by Susan

I wonder if I’m the only one who grimaced at the full screen slideshow display where ‘complexity’ was spelled without benefit of an e or i.  It’s difficult to proofread your own work, and it often takes readers or a … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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WRITING: Pittsburgh Influenced

Posted on June 25, 2008 by Susan

Here’s downtown Pittsburgh from my room on the 9th floor of the Omni William Penn Hotel: I sat in that courtyard watching people and the activity and what it produced is a story.  There were about twenty teenagers skateboarding off … Continue reading →

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WRITING: Metaphor

Posted on June 23, 2008 by Susan

The seamstress Ivy mends the broken pot with fancy stitches of embroidered green binding clay and life together in the night, one feathered leave at a time.

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