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About “A Room of One’s Own” by Virginia Woolf: “The central point of ‘A Room of One’s Own’ is that every woman needs a room of her own … A room of her own would provide a woman with the time and the space to engage in uninterrupted writing time.” (Source: Sparknotes.com)
Here is a selection of memoir vignettes and other pieces I’ve written in my room.
“First Lessons in Faith”
I am sitting in the front seat of a car with Dad. Perhaps I am four years old. We are parked on a street near the garden apartment in...
Susan Black
Nov 1, 20243 min read
“Finding My Place”
During the 2012 presidential campaign, Mitt Romney, visiting his home state of Michigan for the first time in a long time, said how glad...
Susan Black
Sep 28, 20243 min read
“It Was Tempting”
Writing class assignment for the prompt “$100”. Standing in the checkout lane at the supermarket, I glanced down on the floor and caught...
Susan Black
Sep 19, 20241 min read
“Hospital Corners”
One day Dad gave all three of us kids a bed-making lesson. Not about how to pull up the bedspread and neaten the bed after you’d gotten...
Susan Black
Sep 2, 20242 min read
“Thoughts on My Legacy”
I never set forth a five- or ten-year plan for my career. I don’t have a bucket list. Don’t make to-do lists either. It’s not that...
Susan Black
Aug 23, 20242 min read
My Interview with Catholic Artist Connection
I am delighted that I am now part of a regular feature of the Catholic Artist Connection’s blog: interviews with artists, conducted via...
Susan Black
Aug 10, 20241 min read
“The Way It Was”
If Dad told me that the sun rose in the West, I would have found a way to believe him. (“What an imagination!”) If Mom told me that the...
Susan Black
Jul 6, 20241 min read
“School Bus”
First-grade me is standing next to the bus driver on the school bus. I’m holding onto a pole. We are at my stop, and some kids get...
Susan Black
Jul 5, 20241 min read
“Look out the window and describe what you see”
Writing class “flash” prompt; 10 minutes. The stubbly grass dusted with overnight snow Powdered sugar on a crumb coffee cake The sun...
Susan Black
Jun 14, 20241 min read
“Goldenrod”
There was a large statue of Mary, the Blessed Mother, in the main hallway, and smaller statues of Mary in all the classrooms. It was the...
Susan Black
Jun 2, 20241 min read
“I Love the Alphabet”
A truncated version of this, titled “The”, appeared on VineLeavesPress.com (“50 Words Give or Take”). As a little child, I felt what I...
Susan Black
May 22, 20241 min read
“Birthstones. Deathstones”
Writing class assignment for the prompt “gift”. Many husbands like to buy gifts of jewelry for their wives. Nothing remarkable about...
Susan Black
May 17, 20242 min read
“What Inspires me? Who Inspires Me?
Everything inspires me. Everyone inspires me. Everything and everyone come from God. Therefore, God inspires me. It’s inspiring to know...
Susan Black
May 7, 20243 min read
“Flat Tire”
Writing class exercise, 10 minutes, no revisions, to the prompt “flat tire”. Any nail or screw in any road will find its way into any one...
Susan Black
Apr 30, 20241 min read
“Sorrow and Joy”
This piec e appeared on March 11, 2024 on CatholicArtistConnection.com , as part of that website’s Lenten Reflections series. Mid-way...
Susan Black
Apr 24, 20242 min read
“The Young Artist”
The apartment in Bayside. Perhaps I am three or four. I am sitting, crouching, squatting, whatever posture I need to be in, on the...
Susan Black
Apr 23, 20241 min read
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