Author Archives: Susan

REALITY?: Thanksgiving Harvest

Posted on November 22, 2007 by Susan

For some reason I always manage to make an excellent turkey, but one thing that made things special this year is that most of the herbs in the stuffing, a butternut squash side dish, and the wine was home grown … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Posted in REALITY | 1 Comment

REALITY?: Happy Thanksgiving

Posted on November 22, 2007 by Susan

Giving thanks for memories of family and good friends, moments in time that will forever remain in place.  Happy Thanksgiving to you all.

Posted in REALITY | 1 Comment

REALITY?: Ah…

Posted on November 20, 2007 by Susan

…the first sorry flakes of this winter’s snowfall. And I still have no heat in the shop. Continue reading →

Posted in REALITY | 1 Comment

REALITY?: Sundays and Holidays

Posted on November 18, 2007 by Susan

Oh, poor Sally.  It takes me months to finish her work and when does she finally get to come and pick it up?  On a Sunday, when I charge rates at time and a half. Continue reading →

Posted in REALITY | 1 Comment

REALITY?: Unwinding

Posted on November 17, 2007 by Susan

My back is aching from standing all day and if I take a deep breath it gets stuck.  Leftover pork roast with gravy for dinner, and worth the bit of prep, baked apples with brown sugar and butter and sour … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Posted in REALITY | Comments Off on REALITY?: Unwinding

REALITY?: Whew!

Posted on November 17, 2007 by Susan

Am absolutely exhausted and hurtin’.  Because of my own lack of productive energy in the shop for a while, I just hustled and did some heavy duty framing in the last few days.  And those days were at least ten, … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Posted in REALITY | Comments Off on REALITY?: Whew!

REALITY?: Work

Posted on November 15, 2007 by Susan

It’s after nine and I’m still in the frameshop.  I got in here before eight this morning.  I am tired. My own fault; I’ve been letting things slide into a pileup for months, a habit from a couple of years … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Posted in REALITY | 1 Comment

REALITY?: And Literature and Writing and Trying to Keep My Ass Warm

Posted on November 14, 2007 by Susan

I know, I know, I know: My slowdown has wheeled to a near stop here.  However, I’ve been writing both in my Storyspace project (the damn thing has grown from 75 writing spaces to over 200) and have posted about … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Posted in REALITY | 1 Comment

CURRENT AFFAIRS: Presidential Fallout

Posted on November 12, 2007 by Susan

It scares me silly that Hillary is still leading in the Democratic polls.  I can only do so much, so I started calming myself down in preparation.  Yes, by avoiding as much interest or involvement, and any and all political … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Posted in CURRENT AFFAIRS | 2 Comments

REALITY?: Surreal

Posted on November 12, 2007 by Susan

Took these early this morning and forgot to post them.  No Photoshopping here, not even cropped, so you can see the sign across the street, the overhang of our roof, the laurel bush in front.

Posted in REALITY | 1 Comment

LITERATURE & WRITING: Choice

Posted on November 11, 2007 by Susan

With the very best of intentions and a birthday dinner to boot, my neighbor questioned me once again if I’d yet read her gift to me last year, Janet Evanovich’s Three Plums in One.  I could see she was disappointed … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Posted in LITERATURE, WRITING | 6 Comments

LITERATURE: Norman Mailer

Posted on November 10, 2007 by Susan

Sad to hear of the death of Norman Mailer this morning.  He was 84. On my shelf, not read yet, two of his novels.  In pursuing the classics, these writers seem to be falling faster than I can read them.  Continue reading →

Posted in LITERATURE | 1 Comment

REALITY?: The Sixties

Posted on November 9, 2007 by Susan

A decade of ideas.  Shedding convention and inhibition.  Expanding the mind.  Flowers and peace and forget the problems and responsibilities, they’ve all been planned for and taken as they come.  Some things are simply out of our control, focus then … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Posted in REALITY | 2 Comments

REALITY?: Willie and the willies

Posted on November 8, 2007 by Susan

Hot damn; if I don’t quit playing the Willie video below I ain’t gonna be doin’ no writin’ neither. You know how they say that men age better than women?  Well I likely wouldn’t have looked twice at Willie in … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Posted in REALITY | 4 Comments

REALITY?: Listening

Posted on November 8, 2007 by Susan

This started off my morning: "Pancho and Lefty" by Willie and Dylan.  Enjoy. Continue reading →

Posted in REALITY | Comments Off on REALITY?: Listening