[stylist] Susan joins the list

Thu Oct 1 12:35:49 UTC 2009

Welcome Susan!  You'll get a lot of good tips and feedback, (If you submit 
your work) on the material you write.  Enjoy, Judith
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Susan Tabor" <souljourner at sbcglobal.net>
To: "'Writer's Division Mailing List'" <stylist at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Thursday, October 01, 2009 12:23 AM
Subject: Re: [stylist] Susan joins the list


> Thanks for your welcome, Jim! I only wish I could take credit for having
> baked that cookie!
> Cheers,
> Susan
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of James H. "Jim" Canaday M.A. N6YR
> Sent: Wednesday, September 30, 2009 10:13 PM
> To: Writer's Division Mailing List
> Subject: [stylist] Susan joins the list
>
> Well Hi Susan,
> for list members, Susan is a member of our chapter here in Lawrence
> Kansas.  On my birthday in august, she brought a pizza-sized
> chocolate cookie for our chapter meeting.
> the radio reading service is the Kansas Audio Reader Network.
> www.reader.ku.edu
> Welcome Susan!  glad you're here now.
>
> jc
> Jim Canaday M.A.
> Lawrence, KS
>
>
>
> At 09:40 PM 9/30/2009, you wrote:
>>Hi, everyone:
>>
>>Good idea, Jim! Lori, I too liked your poem very much some great imaging!
>>
>>I'm new to this list. My name is Susan Tabor. I live in Lawrence, Kansas
>>where I work part-time for a radio reading service and involve myself with
>>several other community and faith-based activities that keep me off the
>>streets and out of trouble--sometimes. My background is in social work and
>>chaplaincy. I have always loved to write. My first story was when I was in
>>3rd grade called SALLY AND HER BUNNY. (Since my parents wouldn't let us
> have
>>a bunny, it was a way I could have one!) As I got older, I ventured into
>>poetry and nonfictional prose. I edit a do a large portion of producing a
>>newsletter at work. I've written columns about peace and justice issues 
>>for
>>our church bulletin for years.
>>
>>The sad part is that also as I got older, my forays into creative writing
>>became less frequent. I took an independent study in poetry writing once
>>from an author whose work I liked and for all intents and purposes, my
>>creativity was stifled if not temporarily killed--for a long time. She 
>>said
>>one had to write like Ezra Pound in order to understand and write good
>>poetry and I couldn't stand Ezra Pound.
>>
>>I am married to a wonderful husband and we have 3 four-leggeds who are
>>felines:  Friar Lawrence, Saint Vincent de Purr (Vinnie for short) and
>>Monsigneur Felix del Gato. They are delightful and all get along very 
>>well.
>>
>>Well, enough about me. I look forward to reading, learning, writing and
>>growing with this list and the writers' list.
>>Best Regards,
>>Susan Tabor
>>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
>>Behalf Of James H. "Jim" Canaday M.A. N6YR
>>Sent: Wednesday, September 30, 2009 8:03 PM
>>To: Writer's Division Mailing List
>>Subject: Re: [stylist] apologies
>>
>>yes,
>>I love that poem!
>>inscribe it on a paperweight and give to publisher/editor who's
>>leaning on you Lori!
>>jc
>>Jim Canaday M.A.
>>Lawrence, KS
>>
>>At 06:56 PM 9/30/2009, you wrote:
>> >Lori, your poem --- it actually was easy for me to follow and make sense
>>of!
>> >(so little poetry  is fathomable to me)
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >Robert Leslie Newman
>> >Email- newmanrl at cox.net
>> >THOUGHT PROVOKER Website-
>> >Http://www.thoughtprovoker.info
>> >
>> >-----Original Message-----
>> >From: stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
>> >Behalf Of LoriStay at aol.com
>> >Sent: Wednesday, September 30, 2009 7:26 AM
>> >To: stylist at nfbnet.org
>> >Subject: Re: [stylist] apologies
>> >
>> >It was okay.   Lots of walking, lots of time to meditate in the
> synagogue.
>> >  I pulled a muscle the other day, so sitting down and standing up was
>> >difficult, though once I was up, or down, I was fine.   I'm sitting on
> ice
>> >at
>> >home.   It seems to spur the wellsprings of poetry though.
>> >
>> >The following came to me this morning, after hearing that a magazine I'm
>> >editing is again going to be heavily censored (of stupid things, too).
>> >
>> >Censor's Ship
>> >Loraine Stayer
>> >
>> >Past the Censor's ship I sail
>> >In my wake our treasures trail
>> >Bobbing in the sea of ink
>> >All must be frightening I think.
>> >
>> >Martin Luther King; Granny's pot of gold MacDonald's dollar menu;
> Godiva's
>> >chocolate bold.
>> >Where have they gone?
>> >Dissolved in the sea of shame
>> >Because, oh horror, of a proper name
>> >
>> >Or worse, a hint of theft or murder,
>> >A deadly sin that leaves our writers'
>> >Best-trashed in the bin.
>> >
>> >But why?   It must be fear of censure
>> >In a nation once free,
>> >Now devoid of liberty.
>> >
>> >
>> >This was partly spurred by the red light cameras on two of our major
>> >intersections.   Who would have thought I was so paranoid about being
>> >watched for
>> >every little sin?   (Not that jumping a light is a LITTLE sin!)
>> >Lori
>> >In a message dated 9/30/09 1:22:51 AM, n6yr at sunflower.com writes:
>> >
>> >
>> > > God bless you and your family Lori,
>> > > hope it was a blessed holiday.
>> > >
>> > > jc
>> > >
>> >
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