Author Archives: Susan L Daniels

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About Susan L Daniels

I am a firm believer that politics are personal, that faith is expressed through action, and that life is something that must be loved and lived authentically--or why bother with any of it?

lessons learned in the morning, on the way there

Posted on June 27, 2012 by Susan L Daniels

this oiled gravel path twists and climbs, and sinks again to show us what we have forgotten on the way how sun fills valleys empty of anything but trees, dances on leaf tips like light brushstrokes and how these same … Continue reading →

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Fizzy feelings and fuzzy physics: Friction

Posted on June 27, 2012 by Susan L Daniels

By Noel A. Ihebuzor and Susan L. Daniels In every straight and curving path of life the interaction of opposites flows, friction, its opposition a delicate assurance of traction, resistance and grip, always present allows us to stand and move same … Continue reading →

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so you have found it (for NPS)

Posted on June 27, 2012 by Susan L Daniels

so you have found joy when you were not looking as most of us do you move through your days smiling, because now you know how fast a sigh can burn through your veins like Everclear 190 without the hangover still, … Continue reading →

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eternal flame falls: a reflection

Posted on June 27, 2012 by Susan L Daniels

its all about contrasts: the water fine as threads strung over shale not deep enough or strong enough to stop that burning I used to see this fire and water fusion as opposites in a balanced dance a lesson for … Continue reading →

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Safedates part 3

Posted on June 26, 2012 by Susan L Daniels

Robert arrives fully programmed. His eyes are eerily human as he smiles at her. Ariadne’s facial pattern has been impressed on his visual receptors. She is the only human he will perform sexually for. He dips his head gracefully as … Continue reading →

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birthdays/astrology

Posted on June 26, 2012 by Susan L Daniels

language here is archaic and spiced with alchemy:  12 signs flowing through those 4 elements, ruled by planets dancing in houses, the essential locations of the moon, the sun, the degree of rotation of the earth in relationship to those other … Continue reading →

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firecrackers

Posted on June 26, 2012 by Susan L Daniels

around midnight someone heard 2 pops loud but innocent like firecrackers but today 1 young woman is dead and another struggles through heartbeat and breath to not join her lover there my thoughts float to hate crimes and labeling but … Continue reading →

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