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LITERATURE: Up Next – Jose Saramago’s Blindness and The Works of Chekhov

Posted on December 5, 2008 by Susan

Somehow, at year’s end and prior to my holiday treat of Faulkner, I think something of an apocalyptic nature is ripe for reading, and so, Blindness is on the table. Perhaps it is the state of the world, the economy, … Continue reading →

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LITERATURE: Up Next – A toss-up of fine reading

Posted on December 5, 2008 by Susan

With Oscar Wao behind me, and Alice Munro's Moons of Jupiter almost finished, I'm considering my next pull from the shelves. Will it be DeFoe's Moll Flanders, Ibsen's A Doll's House, one of Sinclair Lewis, perhaps Babbit, or Jose Saramago's … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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WRITING: Perspective & Close Reading

Posted on November 30, 2008 by Susan

Steve Ersinghaus shares an image of what his morning cup of coffee held. It's a delighful picture, yet I see it also as insight into how artists view the world. Most likely the lights reflected in his coffee are there … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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WRITING: Encouragement

Posted on November 27, 2008 by Susan

In the middle of dinner preparations a niece, the youngest of them all, calls to thank me for framing a drawing and poem she'd composed a while ago. She's shy, hardly knows us that well, but I sense a pride … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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REALITY?: Happy Thanksgiving to You All!

Posted on November 27, 2008 by Susan

Everyone else has pictures of the turkey brown and crisp, pies still hot and aromatic, a groaning board of table spread out in white linen with the fine china and silver and complete with napkin rings and individual salt shakers, … Continue reading →

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REALITY?: Thankful

Posted on November 26, 2008 by Susan

I try to be grateful for something every day, but I’m an up-and-down sort of folk and sometimes need reminders. With the new propane stove, I was able to remove the stovepipe I’d put through the barn wall, covering it … Continue reading →

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LITERATURE: The Organization Tumbleth

Posted on November 24, 2008 by Susan

Well, the shelves were a great improvement over the books stacked on the hearth, but my neatly organized book collection has suffered from the acquisitions since.

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REALITY?: A good, good day.

Posted on November 20, 2008 by Susan

With every down, there's an eventual up. Today brought three uppers to keep me floating above the swamps of human despair (sorry, it's just the mood taking over the language). 1. The free gas range is likely still usable though … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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WRITING: Moral Support

Posted on November 20, 2008 by Susan

How funny; waking with story, coffee and the Mac at the ready. Clicking on Pages and watching as the inkpot icon jumps up and down with glee on the dock. She's going to do it! it says. She's going to … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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NEW MEDIA: Social Networking

Posted on November 19, 2008 by Susan

Started some thoughts on this here, but have decided to continue with a series on the pros and cons of social networking over at Hypercompendia here. Continue reading →

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LITERATURE: Posts

Posted on November 19, 2008 by Susan

Just when I'm feeling like an unpaid lit tutor (or essay writer when I look at the students googling for help writing their papers), something nice comes along. Found my posts on Life of Pi by Yann Martel linked on … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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LITERATURE: Up Next: Diaz and Neruda

Posted on November 19, 2008 by Susan

I checked out Pablo Neruda's poetry while following Steve Ersinghaus' 100 Days poems throughout this past summer, his having mentioned Neruda as a source of inspiration while he produced a poem a day to match watercolor paintings of his colleague, … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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REALITY?: Update on The Dinosaur

Posted on November 19, 2008 by Susan

Well, yes; the Amazon book shipment came yesterday–even the USPS agrees: And though I signed up for “email notification” I’d not received one word from them since their initial email stating that they were “informed” of a deliver to be … Continue reading →

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REALITY?: The Housing Market

Posted on November 18, 2008 by Susan

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REALITY?: In The Track of the Dinosaur

Posted on November 17, 2008 by Susan

On November 11th I placed an order with amazon.com for some books. Their email came within hours that the shipment had been given to the United States Postal Service. This was not good news. Amazon's easy tracking system got me … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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