Author Archives: Susan

NEW MEDIA: Hypertext 08

Posted on June 12, 2008 by Susan

One week away from the Hypertext 2008 Conference in Pittsburgh, PA and I’m pretty much ready for that with a presentation for the workshop headed by Steve Ersinghaus where I’ll be showing the process of my work with Storyspace and … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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WRITING: There’s a Meetin’ Here Tonight!

Posted on June 11, 2008 by Susan

In case you didn’t get the email, the first meeting of the resurrected Narratives Writing Group will be held tonight at 6:00 p.m. in the Tunxis Library Room #7-219.  We have a short story and a poem ready to workshop … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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LITERATURE: Next Up?

Posted on June 11, 2008 by Susan

Now is when I really think the Kindle would come in handy–heading for a short trip and airport waits.  But I’m afraid the $9.95 price tag per book hits me as slightly less than frugal when I can get last … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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REALITY?: Garden Stuff

Posted on June 9, 2008 by Susan

Tried to take advantage of the early morning pre-heat daylight but ended up going through till now. Grubby like you can’t believe; a sweatball.  Dare I step upon the scale and hope? Likely I have poison ivy because all it … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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STORIES: Ideas

Posted on June 7, 2008 by Susan

A friend commented on a post at Spinning about aging in that the prose should be turned into a poem.  I agree that I can take this off-the-cuff post further, but I think what I’d like to do with it … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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REALITY?: Night Thieves

Posted on June 6, 2008 by Susan

Something funny’s going on here.  I can’t prove it, and I can’t seem to catch anyone in the act, but sometimes in the last couple of years someone’s trading places with me. First it was the hair; stealing some of … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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EDUCATION: And Internet as the Answer

Posted on June 5, 2008 by Susan

Now that takes chutzpah: Googling "Wind in the Willows exam."  I’ve seen them ask for cheat sheets, spark notes, as well as the breakdown for exactly what the instructor asked, i.e., "metaphors in…, theme of…, etc." Continue reading →

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REALITY?: Society

Posted on June 5, 2008 by Susan

I don’t know how many of you may have read the story or watched the video (available onsite) capturing the hit and run of a man in Hartford, CT. It is heartbreaking. We’ve learned nothing since the witnessed murder of … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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CURRENT AFFAIRS: Somebody get the hook!

Posted on June 5, 2008 by Susan

God knows, Hillary won’t get offstage any other way.  You’d think she’d quit spending other people’s money in these hard times she pretends to understand when Obama has been declared the winner. Remember, she loaned her campaign personal funds–while her … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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REALITY?: Wisdom

Posted on June 4, 2008 by Susan

Yesterday, a young woman called me wise, and still it itches like the snip of hair that tumbles down your collar after a trim.  I answered something foolish, flippant; as if to show her wrong rather than out of modesty. … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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REALITY?: Wet

Posted on June 4, 2008 by Susan

I love the summer paintbrush filled with rain that colors all it touches vibrant:

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LITERATURE & TECHNOLOGY: Word Count

Posted on June 4, 2008 by Susan

From Lifehacker, a program that will count the frequency of a particular word within a piece. All I could think of was Calvino’s Lotaria and her own method of reading for content. Continue reading →

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REALITY? & WRITING: Etymology

Posted on June 4, 2008 by Susan

The perfect garden rain; how to explain it. The words come easily but they are mere cliche’s.  Soft, gentle, perfect. In this day of losing words to the politically correct-minded among us, a questionable tradeoff to the ones we gain … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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REALITY?: Gains and Losses

Posted on June 2, 2008 by Susan

We give them up, one by one. Bo Diddley.  Another favorite, Yves St. Laurant. Some good things, a flight to D.C. full of veterans coming to see the War Memorial, I cried with them as the band played in greeting … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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REALITY?: Graduation Day

Posted on June 1, 2008 by Susan

Congratualations and best wishes to all the Tunxis grads today, and graduates everywhere who are stepping out into a new world of higher education or starting their careers. Continue reading →

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