Category Archives: writing

Everything is a Story

Posted on February 14, 2012 by susanmsink@gmail.com

I googled Jonathan Harris tonight, looking for more information on the founder of http://cowbird.com. What I knew about him from reading his stories on cowbird was that he has quite a following, is prolific in terms of photography and storytelling (557 … Continue reading →

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Hope

Posted on February 2, 2012 by susanmsink@gmail.com

I published this on cowbird.com, but you can only post one photo with a story there, and I had several chronicling this event. Thanks to free online slideshow tools, I made this little video to accompany the story. Read the … Continue reading →

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The Furniture Studio

Posted on January 27, 2012 by susanmsink@gmail.com

One of the things I love about Steve is his creative drive and vision. I also love that he just does things, though sometimes the scope of them scares me. I tend to fret and get overwhelmed easily by big … Continue reading →

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Higher Ground

Posted on January 21, 2012 by susanmsink@gmail.com

Last night I finally got to see Higher Ground, the film starring and directed by Vera Farmiga based on the memoir by Carolyn Briggs, This Dark World. It never came close enough for me to see it in the theater, … Continue reading →

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100 Words or More

Posted on January 9, 2012 by susanmsink@gmail.com

I’ve joined a community of writers at http://cowbird.com where I can post short stories with photos. I know that sounds a lot like blogging, but I’m going to use it to post mostly fictional stories. Thanks to encouragement from college friend Grant … Continue reading →

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Two Good Books about Nuns

Posted on November 22, 2011 by susanmsink@gmail.com

In my search for contemporary novels about American nuns, I’ve found only two. Both of them are fantastic books I’d recommend to anyone. They both share a strong message about religious life, as well as some other key similarities. The two novels are Mariette in … Continue reading →

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Big Projects

Posted on November 15, 2011 by susanmsink@gmail.com

Last year, it was the kitchen rehab. But this year, Steve could barely contain himself in finishing the last of the landscape projects before he got to his Big Project– renovating one of the hog barns into a furniture-making shop. … Continue reading →

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Police Blotter June 2011

Posted on June 17, 2011 by susanmsink@gmail.com

It’s been a while since I’ve posted any of the always amusing entries from our local police blotter. I still don’t know who writes these, but that person really should be submitting his/her work to “instant fiction” contests. May 261:34 p.m. … Continue reading →

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My Winter Project

Posted on October 23, 2010 by susanmsink@gmail.com

I’m getting ready to embark on a writing project, the third volume of Art of The Saint John’s Bible. I finished writing the second volume almost three years ago, so it was with some trepidation that I picked up the massive … Continue reading →

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Web 2.0 for the Sisters

Posted on September 28, 2010 by susanmsink@gmail.com

This past week I was at a conference in Denver, one very specific to what I do. It was the National Communicators Network for Women Religious (NCNWR). It was attended by 114 communication directors and others from Roman Catholic women’s … Continue reading →

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