Genesee County Matters

Ron Paul and me at Flint's Tim Hortons

noreply@blogger.com (sue frownfelter) — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 10:49:00 PST

Hey, I'm trying to steer clear of politics these days! I have decided there are too many people I love who claim to be from one party or the other. It's hard to keep my thoughts pure when I discover...

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Living lawlessly in Flint, MI

noreply@blogger.com (sue frownfelter) — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 08:35:00 PST

So get this: the folks in my neighborhood have started writing about the infidels in the neighborhood that drive too fast. They are beginning to flood the listserve with alt means of stopping the...

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Whole-hearted

noreply@blogger.com (sue frownfelter) — Tue, 06 Sep 2011 13:36:00 PDT

There was a time in my life when I did not experience emotion. A person never would have known it by looking at me. I am sure that I seemed "happy." I smiled, chatted, could hold a fairly reasonable...

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Help, my brain won't shut off!

noreply@blogger.com (sue frownfelter) — Thu, 25 Aug 2011 07:07:00 PDT

So when my mind is not otherwise occupied with the demands of my tenant who rents just a wee bit of space up there (jobs are like that, aren't they? Our bosses rent our brain space for their...

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Climbing out of the stormy sea

noreply@blogger.com (sue frownfelter) — Fri, 19 Aug 2011 10:36:00 PDT

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Detroit News gets it right with identifying Flint's aura

noreply@blogger.com (sue frownfelter) — Wed, 06 Jul 2011 11:13:00 PDT

She's so mean but I don't care I love her eyes and her wild wild hair Dance to the beat that we love best Heading for the nineties Living in the wild wild west The wild wild...

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What 50 has taught me

noreply@blogger.com (sue frownfelter) — Sat, 02 Jul 2011 22:05:00 PDT

At 50, I thought I would understand more than I do. I thought I would finally "get" people and better understand motives and drive and ambition. I thought I might care less for the things that...

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In memory of Jerrie Sue...

noreply@blogger.com (sue frownfelter) — Thu, 30 Jun 2011 08:10:00 PDT

I started attending church with my husband just before we were married in 1994. At the time, I went to church, went to service, then left. I was overwhelmed by all of the new faces, my new mother and...

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In the autumn of the years...

noreply@blogger.com (sue frownfelter) — Wed, 13 Apr 2011 06:13:00 PDT

When I was seventeen It was a very good year It was a very good year for small town girls And soft summer nights We'd hide from the lights On the village green When I was seventeen When I...

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Personalities

noreply@blogger.com (sue frownfelter) — Sat, 26 Mar 2011 07:05:00 PDT

I woke up this morning thinking about my friends Shari and Diane - well actually an incident with the two of them after Shari and I spent countless hours analyzing our personalities with various...

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Through the darkness...

noreply@blogger.com (sue frownfelter) — Mon, 07 Mar 2011 09:13:00 PST

I'm feeling rather dark this morning. Trying to make some sense of death - and the end of life. Throughout the night, I found myself tossing and turning as I tried to find comfort physically and...

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Why I love Twitter...

noreply@blogger.com (sue frownfelter) — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 13:49:00 PDT

So many people ask me about Twitter. Many dismiss it, saying "Who has time??" I don't have time, yet ... THIS is why I make time! @tammyphinney - I'm beginning to think that the makers...

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Morning Pages - 1st Entry

noreply@blogger.com (sue frownfelter) — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 10:46:00 PST

Ok so it’s not morning. It’s 12:57 pm. I’m using a lunch break to complete these morning pages suggested by Julia Cameron in...

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Experience the grace you do not deserve this Christmas...

noreply@blogger.com (sue frownfelter) — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 12:20:00 PST

And then I found myself humming... Amazing Grace... Amazing, unexplainable, overwhelming, brings unexpected tears to our eyes, constricts our throats, fills our hearts with unexplainable joy....

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I feel betrayed...

noreply@blogger.com (sue frownfelter) — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 13:15:00 PST

Truth be told, I slept very little last night - and I prayed that President Obama slept very little as well - and frankly, I don't spend a lot of time praying these days. But I did last night, that...

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What is Right With This Wronged City

noreply@blogger.com (sue frownfelter) — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 09:26:00 PST

The following was created and originally posted on the blogsite of the Flint Institute of Music (http://www.flintinstituteofmusic.org/fim-blog), 11.2.09. It was great fun to be asked to submit a...

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And then it hit me...

noreply@blogger.com (sue frownfelter) — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 06:12:00 PDT

Gotta get off, gonna get Have to get off from this ride Gotta get hold, gonna get Need to get hold of my pride When did I get, where did I How was I caught in this game When will I know,...

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Who knew?

noreply@blogger.com (sue frownfelter) — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 09:06:00 PDT

Most of the basic material a writer works with is acquired before the age of fifteen. - Willa Cather Isabella's interview on TV5

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Feuding on Facebook

noreply@blogger.com (sue frownfelter) — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 11:35:00 PDT

I just finished reading a private message from now a former Facebook friend who cease and desisted me due to an apparent feud he had over political views posted on his wall and the wall of at least...

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What's it really like growing up in Flint, MI?

noreply@blogger.com (sue frownfelter) — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 13:41:00 PDT

My daughter has started her own blog. She's 12 and spends most of her time writing anyway - no, seriously. We have three or four computers in this house and in total, she probably has 100 unfinished...

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Just who is Sam Riddle anyway?

noreply@blogger.com (sue frownfelter) — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 15:24:00 PDT

I have Sam Riddle’s phone number stored in my cell phone. I just double-checked after reading the Free Press story about him being arraigned on multiple felony charges in connection with a corruption...

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Dear Julia Cameron; first entry

noreply@blogger.com (sue frownfelter) — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 13:50:00 PDT

I read a book – The Artist’s Way, The Writer’s Way (or was it the Way Artist Write?). I didn’t get very far frankly. Yes, well, I read past the first chapter anyway … Julia Cameron wrote about the...

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This blog post is not about Michael...

noreply@blogger.com (sue frownfelter) — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 10:17:00 PDT

"Do You Remember Those Special Times They'll Just Go On And On In The Back Of My Mind" -Michael Jackson Ok, straight up, this post isn't about Michael ... Though,...

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What Frances taught me...

noreply@blogger.com (sue frownfelter) — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 06:25:00 PDT

I keep thinking about Frances. Frances Bean. Her Dad, Kurt Cobain, committed suicide 15 years ago (April 5th to be exact). While I was not a huge or even semi-huge Nirvana fan, I remember the...

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"And they all came tumbling down..."

noreply@blogger.com (sue frownfelter) — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 06:11:00 PST

Lifted this from my sister-in-law - I thought it is too funny not to share. Merry Christmas!! ** You no sooner left, I sat on my couch and our HUGE (9 foot, 300 pound) Christmas tree fell over, ...

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