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Susannah’s Spring, Summer Reading List…2020
This past winter, instead of non-fiction, I read mostly novels. To say I’m impressed with an author’s imagination, is an understatement. Where do they come from, these woven tales to make the reader’s own imagination dance with possibility? Hemingway said, … Continue reading
Easy Writer
It’s no secret I love to read. Been actually busy compiling my next reading list. I’ve come to recognize prose that’s easy on the eye, traveling swiftly from page to page. Omit needless words, comes to mind, the advice given … Continue reading
Guys and Dolls
It’s President’s Day as I’m about to run, so the Park still bathed in twilight is pretty deserted, except for me and a large raccoon about to cross the road. We both stop at the same time waiting for the … Continue reading
Reasons Why Women Need a Man
To put lotion on your back, in February. To fix the cable, after you’ve kicked the box across the room. To spoon with when you get a little chilly. To happily do all the driving while you give directions as … Continue reading
Posted in creative writing, Home, humanity, humor, sex, Women and men, words, writing
Tagged Domestic Bliss, men and women, Men who dote on their women, The gardener and the flower
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The Writing Life
Writing keeps me afloat. Writing keeps me sane. Writing keeps me warm on a cold day. What does that mean exactly? It gives me hope. I’ve written all my life. When my mother locked me in my room in the … Continue reading
Posted in Books, creative writing, readng, words, writing
Tagged blogging, great writers, reading, Write because you have to, writing
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Adverbs, Vonnegut and Me
Kurt Vonnegut loathed adverbs (a noun, word or phrase that modifies or qualifies an adjective, verb, or other adverb or a word group), slaying them at every turn, making me aware how often I use them. That LY you don’t … Continue reading
Posted in art, Books, creative writing, Fashion, humanity, humor, inspiration, Women and men, words, writing
Tagged Adverbs, Ernest Hemingway, grammar, Kurt Vonnegut, Nora Ephron, The Last Interview Series
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A Connecticut Christmas
I’ve just turned 4, as I sneak a peek at our tree, already suspecting Santa is really my mother, because why else would she be putting stuff under it in her nightgown. I may be short, but I’m not stupid. … Continue reading
A Writer Brought Back To Life
Pete Hamill is someone I’ve revered forever as a journalist, New York historian, novelist and screenwriter, concerned about him since he’s been silent for much too long. Knowing he’s the last of his breed, Jack Newfield (1938-2004), Norman Mailer (1923-2007), … Continue reading
Thanksgiving 2019
I’m spending Thanksgiving with Carrie, rereading all her books, making it one of the best ever. Let’s hear it for great writing that peels off the page like a good yam, or ham, in Carrie’s case. She writes a lot … Continue reading
Posted in alcohol, animals, comedy, Connecticut, creative writing, Family, food, Home, humanity, humor, kids, Politics, readng, words, writing
Tagged Carrie Fisher A Life on the Edge Shelia Waller, childhood memories, growing up in an alcoholic home, Thnaksgiving feasts, Wishful Drinking Carrie Fisher
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Famous Last Words
Speaking of the dead… I always wonder if the person taking flight knows, and if so, how? Does someone who went before only you can see, come to escort you? Is it like in the film, Heaven Can Wait, when … Continue reading
Posted in alcohol, creative writing, Faith, humanity, humor, internet, Love, nature, travel, words
Tagged Believing i an afterlife, Famous last words, Film Heaven Can Wait, Life after death, Steve Jobs, Visitations
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