Author Archives: Susan

REALITY?: Of Toaster Ovens and Loaves of Bread

Posted on October 21, 2007 by Susan

Yesterday Mary, elegant, eighty, dressed like myself in jeans and plaid shirt, comes into my shop and over fine art photography done by her husband now eight years’ gone, we speak of toaster ovens. Shortly after her husband died, she … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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TECHNOLOGY: CD/DVD Fix

Posted on October 21, 2007 by Susan

Well that was easy; don’t know why I’ve been putting it off since August.  Went to replace the drive in my neighbor’s pc and once I saw what was originally in there, I switched the Plexor I’d gotten for her … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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CURRENT AFFAIRS: And So It Grows

Posted on October 21, 2007 by Susan

What I don’t understand is why even though common sense is out there, it never prevails. Cowardly Kellogg’s Not Great! Continue reading →

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LITERATURE & WRITING: Influence of/on Era

Posted on October 21, 2007 by Susan

There was a reason I selected A Death in the Family as my next-up read: it tastes completely different than the novels I’ve read in the past several weeks.  Ths novel was published in 1956 and at its time, contemporary.  … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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WRITING: Reality-based Ideas

Posted on October 20, 2007 by Susan

Today it did occur to me that maybe man was not the first choice species to evolve at such a rate to claim superiority over other inhabitants of the earth.  I think that maybe there was another that had a … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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WRITING & LITERATURE: Mumblings

Posted on October 20, 2007 by Susan

Even as I fill the day with e-mail discussion about the ego, fears, methods and means of writing there are more discussions daily regarding both the reading and the writing of story. At Chekov’s Mistress there is a post and … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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NEW MEDIA & LITERATURE: Methods of Story

Posted on October 20, 2007 by Susan

if:book always has some interesting points on what both artists and audience are reaching toward in story.  This is a particularly fine post regarding changing methods of reading, therefore, filling the demand with adjustments to writing styles and means. "The … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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WRITING: The Muses of Hell

Posted on October 19, 2007 by Susan

You can have time and patience and words and yet nothing will unravel into story.  You can make up your mind that you have no words and don’t have the least knowledge of arranging them nor ever will.  You can … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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PEOPLE: Congratulations!

Posted on October 19, 2007 by Susan

108 and blogging away–best wishes to Olive at her blog Life of Riley!

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TECHNOLOGY: Parts

Posted on October 18, 2007 by Susan

Sitting here since Tuesday afternoon, two boxes of computer guts.  Itchy fingers want to dig right in and so I let them just to play around in popcorn like an archeologist discovering the bones of some great dinosaur in plastic … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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REALITY?: The Theory of Coincidence

Posted on October 18, 2007 by Susan

Realizing that once one becomes focused on something in particular one becomes more aware of and therefore recognizes similarities that might otherwise have not been noted (i.e., I came to suspect that in 1997 the Honda CRV only was selling … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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REALITY?: Kid Nation

Posted on October 17, 2007 by Susan

Last week religion, this week politics enters Kid Nation.  And despite those who would predict otherwise, religion brought the town together just as politics separates it. There’s Olivia,  who looks more like Hillary than her own Chelsea, who’s challenging the … Continue reading →

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WRITING: Some finger-pointing

Posted on October 17, 2007 by Susan

From my own precarious grip on the literary world, I find some great references to the problem on a larger scale beyond my own little core of self. It’s all at Grumpy Old Bookman, but 2 Blowhard’s provides the proper … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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REALITY?: Ghosts

Posted on October 17, 2007 by Susan

Chuck steak with potatoes, onions and a can of beer done up in a pressure cooker.  Fresh-killed butternut squash whipped with a pat of butter and a dollop of sour cream.  Red red wine.  Two men I adore.  The laughter–over … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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CURRENT AFFAIRS: “Obesity ‘not individuals’ fault”

Posted on October 17, 2007 by Susan

First let me say that as a lady blessed with a metabolism that has allowed me to eat like a pig all my life without gaining, I am still very aware of how difficult it is to avoid gaining weight, … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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