Author Archives: Susan

WRITING: Know Thyself

Posted on May 24, 2007 by Susan

I’m sitting here watching So You Think You Can Dance?  I try to watch the auditions on these talent reality shows and while I certainly know that some folk go on just for giggles, some seriously think they’ve got talent … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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BLOGGING: Happy Theme!

Posted on May 24, 2007 by Susan

Now isn’t this so much more cheerful? (Some of you may not see it, those who do may wish they didn’t.) Continue reading →

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BLOGGING: Announcement

Posted on May 22, 2007 by Susan

Though these issues tend to be recurring, enough to bring to mind a "cry wolf" effect, there was a very real crisis here that resulted in the wiping out of three out of four weblogs and Spinning was honestly this … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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REALITY?: Update

Posted on May 21, 2007 by Susan

No, I’m not back here for sure, but I realized a few things that make me know I’ve got to put some more thought into it before I press that "delete this blog?" button on Spinning. I’ve been working outside … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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REALITY?: The Cicadas are Calling

Posted on May 18, 2007 by Susan

Dear me, I almost forgot that my seventeen-year cycle is just about up and it’s time to reinvent. Actually, I’ve been thinking about closing up here for a couple weeks now and while the event I based it upon happened … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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EDUCATION: What is it good For?

Posted on May 17, 2007 by Susan

Well that’s it then.  I’m done banging my head against their ivy-covered walls.  Wasted time, wasted money when I can’t even land a freakin’ clerk typist job. Continue reading →

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REALITY?: Neighborhood Watchdog

Posted on May 17, 2007 by Susan

That’s me. I guess that a man who was just released from prison is on the prowl here in town commiting home burglaries.  Since I’m around here every day (while other ladies have either good paying jobs or enough money … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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REALITY?: Two more to get out of my system…

Posted on May 17, 2007 by Susan

First, the recorded phone message from UPS that tells me to have a check ready for a COD shipment.  Listening to the recording, pen in hand ready to write down the amount, I wait through a 30-digit shipment ID number … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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REALITY?: Say Hallelujah!

Posted on May 17, 2007 by Susan

A phone call from my lawyer, who after many discussions with my former lawyer (who is still my other sister’s–the good one’s–lawyer), says that yep, I’m right on the figures and there are three things they will be asking the … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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REALITY?: This May Day

Posted on May 16, 2007 by Susan

There are some days, a handful, maybe six a year at most, that make the thought of dying quite impossible and yet the thought comes too that if these last few breaths were of the lilac-laden breeze and warmed by … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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WRITING: Deadlines

Posted on May 16, 2007 by Susan

Somewhere in the hidden modules of my mind I know the meaning of the month of May.  But then I knew the meanings of the end of March and April and the waiting till September too. Submission deadlines; no one … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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REALITY?: Raza De Bicicleta

Posted on May 15, 2007 by Susan

I have to say that I’m real proud of my niece, Erica, mother of three, and looking not much older than her own soon-to-be-teenaged daughter, to have taken part in this 101 kilometer Mountain Bicycle Race in Ronda, Spain where … Continue reading →

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REALITY?: Lightning Strikes

Posted on May 14, 2007 by Susan

I just can’t fight the truth any longer. The world spins in a different direction than I do and I’ll accept that I’m the one who’s whacked out. Continue reading →

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REALITY?: Close Encounters of the Natural Kind

Posted on May 13, 2007 by Susan

It swoops low through the branches at the bottom edge of the yard.  It’s big, I see that.  And black.   It rounds a slow sloop just in front of the cedar.  Up the hill still rounding the short side of … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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REALITY?: Happy Mother’s Day

Posted on May 13, 2007 by Susan
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