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Best Story Of The Week
I’m sitting in a cafe having tea, lost in thought, I gather…looking a bit lonely; an uneaten pastry before me, an unopened book on my lap. A pretty, young girl, no more than twenty, sidles over and says,” Ma’am, I … Continue reading
Posted in Books, dessert, food, grace, humanity, Love, New York City, readng, words
Tagged angels in our midst, chance encounters, compassion, random acts of kindness
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JFK at 100
That’s the one good thing about dying young, you still look pretty good, and how uncanny to have May 29 of this very special milestone, fall on Memorial Day. I’ll bet he would have smiled at that. John Fitzgerald Kennedy, … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Family, grace, History, humanity, parents, Politics, readng, violence, words, writing
Tagged 1963, Dallas, Jack and Jackie Kennedy, JFK's birthday, John F. Kennedy, John Kennedy Jr., Lee Harvey Oswald
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The Graceful Fall of Bill O’Reilly
Bill O’Reilly inspired a post I wrote called, A Word From the Heart https://athingirl.com/2017/05/02/ that had little to do with him, but the powers-that-be, have been harassing me, because his name was even mentioned. First of all, I don’t share the shortsidedness … Continue reading
Posted in Books, grace, History, humanity, men, readng, words, writing
Tagged Bill O'Reilly, Fox News, freedom of speech, The Factor with Bill O'Reilly, The New York Times
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Pithier Posts
I’ve been practicing brevity lately in terms of blogging, realizing, posts shouldn’t be the length of War and Peace. I have 1,571 posts in my archives, and if you read the earlier ones, boy…did I need an editor. “In writing, … Continue reading
Posted in humanity, readng, words, writing
Tagged blogging, Ernest Hemingway, essay writing, fiction writing, good editing, William Faulkner
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Susannah’s Spring, Summer Reading List 2017
After being called a serial reader, So many books, so little time, doesn’t apply to me, reading nonstop regardless of where I am. That’s the key, to have one with you at all times so you can sneak a … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Cinema, comedy, History, humor, New York City, readng, words, writing
Tagged American History, great writing, Love of books, New York Society Library, reading
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Stand By Your Man
I was perusing through a book about the Marquis de Lafayette (1757-1834), and the page I opened to, was about his wife, Adrienne. During France’s revolution, called the Reign of Terror (1793-1794), that didn’t do justice to the horrors that … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Family, History, Home, humanity, Love, Politics, readng, violence, Women and men
Tagged The American Revolution, The French Revolution, The Marquis de Lafayette, The Reign of Terror
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You Can Never Read Too Much
I had a person, who shall remain nameless, tell me I read too much. “You’re wasting your freak’in life at that library of yours, you even pay for? I’ll never wrap my brain around that.” Is that because you don’t … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Connecticut, History, New York City, readng, words, writing
Tagged A Movable Feast, critics, great writers, reading at the library, The Mob
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Critics
Art is very personal, so when it’s judged harshly, it’s a blow right to the heart. I can only equate it with one’s child who’s casually criticized. So what does the overly sensitive writer do…hide her prose like porn under … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Faith, readng, words, writing
Tagged Carrie Fisher, courage, Criticism, love of writing
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Carrie Fisher 1956-2016
I am stunned that Carrie Fisher, at 60, passed away after having a heart attack on Friday during a flight from London to Los Angeles. When I wrote about her previous to this, I was under the impression after her … Continue reading
Posted in friendship, humor, media, readng, women, words, writing
Tagged Carrie Fisher dies at 60, loss of a friend, Remembering Carrie Fisher, Star Wars Princess Leia
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Something Smells Fisher
When I heard my library was closing for the long holiday, I ran to stock up on books, including two by actress/author Carrie Fisher, who, unbeknownst to me, had just suffered a serious heart attack on a plane coming back … Continue reading
Posted in animals, Books, dessert, Family, Health, Home, humor, media, parents, readng, women, words, writing
Tagged Carrie Fisher books, Carrie Fisher heart attack, Carrie Fisher's dog Gary, Elizabeth Taylor, memoir writing
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