Author Archives: Susan

STORIES: Firm Belief

Posted on January 23, 2007 by Susan

"Let’s pretend, for discussion purposes," Jaworski said, "that at one time there was a God."  The morning sun slid between the slatted blinds at the windows, striping the classroom with bars of iron grey in contrast to the bright slashes … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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TECHNOLOGY: Piss-poor quality standards and Bill Gates

Posted on January 22, 2007 by Susan

I’m really ticked off.  When I get really ticked off, I get pretty quiet; hence, little posting as well. I’m still having problems with getting a brand new DVD player to work on the house computer (the laptop needed a … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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TECHNOLOGY: Windows Media Player

Posted on January 21, 2007 by Susan

Finally!  I’ve finally been able to sort of fix a problem running DVD’s on the computer.  Over two months ago, in the middle of a presentation on Clockwork Orange for our now defunct writers group, the movie DVD quit working.  … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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REALITY?: Homebody

Posted on January 19, 2007 by Susan

Hush…our first winter storm here in Connecticut, an inch of white that yet managed to lay upon the limbs and branches to make a wonderworld of winter.  And on the road, a good quarter inch of sand. Open in the … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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REALITY?: Me Against the Medics

Posted on January 18, 2007 by Susan

Finally remembered not to eat or drink coffee first thing in the morning so that I could go for a blood test where fasting was required.  It’s just a checkup to see if the drugs are working, but it’s three … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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NEW MEDIA: Opposites

Posted on January 17, 2007 by Susan

I think it was from Boethius’ Consolation of Philosophy that I remember the theory of opposites, that the good, to be truly good, must have an opposite of evil.  In thinking this evening of the onslaught of digital visuals in … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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WRITING: The Unwriter

Posted on January 17, 2007 by Susan

Trying on, these past few weeks, this new label, this clothing that is color-coded, as in Atwood’s Handmaid’s Tale.  I’m not a writer. It chafes, like recital costumes of tulle that I remember from my early school years.  It took … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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REALITY?: Changing Directions

Posted on January 15, 2007 by Susan

Never been one to put stock in New Year’s resolutions, but using it as a mandate, a plot plan, can be helpful in breaking away from habits that aren’t necessarily bad, but as time grows short, wasteful. Cutting back on … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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REALITY?: Peace

Posted on January 12, 2007 by Susan

How rude the dawn, ignorant of our needs to boldly blast its way into the darkness of our minds.  How crude, how primitive; unwilling to adjust in synchronization of the modern world’s new sense of time. To rise not to … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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EDUCATION: Constant Learning

Posted on January 11, 2007 by Susan

Here’s an article on the reevaluation of playgrounds, and a subsequent plan put into action based on activities that enable learning during play.  I’m kinda torn on this.  My initial reaction is:  Why can’t they just let the kids have … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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REALITY?: Winter

Posted on January 10, 2007 by Susan

So here it came, sneaking in when our guard was down.  Winter snows–all fifteen minutes of a blizzard. Yet there are some who never sleep; town sandtrucks out to cover all the roads before the last flake fell.  Amazing. Continue reading →

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LITERATURE: Prairie Schooner – Is the Short Story a Dead Issue?

Posted on January 9, 2007 by Susan

While I’m still a bit backed up on my lit journal reading, I always thumb through the new issues as they come in.  Today’s mail brought the winter 2006 issue of Prairie Schooner: 6   Reviews  4   Essays  96  Poems 3  … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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LITERATURE: Another Book List

Posted on January 9, 2007 by Susan

Via Conversational Reading, a point to Darby at thumb drives and oven clocks where there’s a not-to-be missed list of "75 Books I Failed to Read in 2006." It’s a hilarious read and a clever twist on the subject. Continue reading →

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REALITY?: Rainy Day Sunshine

Posted on January 8, 2007 by Susan

Left the house early this morning, drove through pouring rain an hour to Danbury.  Still drizzling an hour later when I left my new lawyer’s office.  Yes, out with the old, in with the new.  The one who may yet … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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REALITY?: Time

Posted on January 7, 2007 by Susan

We saw two bluebirds this morning; they seem to want to build a nest inside the feeder.  But don’t they know how much too early it is?  Does time control nature or does nature control time? And of this new … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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