Category Archives: art

Seeing and Knowing

Posted on February 15, 2021 by susanmsink@gmail.com

One thing I love about winter is that when my husband Steve ends his landscaping season our conversations get more interesting. The winter is the time for the life of the mind and different types of creativity to emerge. Steve … Continue reading →

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On Time… More

Posted on March 23, 2017 by susanmsink@gmail.com

I just finished reading Elizabeth Alexander’s wonderful memoir The Light of the World. Most people know Alexander as the poet who wrote/read the poem “Praise Song for the Day” at President Obama’s 2009 inauguration. I met Elizabeth only briefly, through the poet Kevin Young, when she … Continue reading →

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Surprises

Posted on February 4, 2017 by susanmsink@gmail.com

While I’ve been here in California, Steve has been busy working on his new landscaping website, building raised beds in the greenhouse, visiting his elderly aunt and his parents in the nursing home, and cleaning out the family house in … Continue reading →

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Deep Clean and Great Finds

Posted on January 6, 2017 by susanmsink@gmail.com

I’ve been hauling this file cabinet around the country since at least 1997. Though I think I got it earlier because I sort of remember it standing on the porch in our last apartment in Chicago. I can picture it … Continue reading →

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The Underground Railroad (review)

Posted on November 17, 2016 by susanmsink@gmail.com

Just yesterday I wrote a review of Colson Whitehead’s amazing novel, The Underground Railroad, on Goodreads. And today I hear he won the National Book Award. I actually reviewed two books on Goodreads yesterday. The second was the photographer Sally Mann’s … Continue reading →

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The Tree

Posted on November 11, 2016 by susanmsink@gmail.com

During these months and months of treatment, people have said a lot of things to me about my positive attitude. They’ve called me inspiring and said that if they were in my place they would most certainly feel sorry for … Continue reading →

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Elena Ferrante Revealed

Posted on October 5, 2016 by susanmsink@gmail.com

In one of my early care packages, my friend Paula sent me all four of “the Neapolitan novels” by Elena Ferrante. The thousands of pages and sprawling story of a friendship between two women was both a wonderful goal and … Continue reading →

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Anxiety Dreams

Posted on September 6, 2016 by susanmsink@gmail.com

Tomorrow afternoon we leave for the hotel near the hospital. I have waited for the surgery for an extra three weeks beyond what I was willing to wait– one more thing more or less out of my control. I know … Continue reading →

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Final Painting in the Room

Posted on July 29, 2016 by susanmsink@gmail.com

On July 3, Sophia Heymans, her boyfriend Paul, and her sister Chloe, walked another painting over to my house. This one was “August.” I had it a shorter time, as it needed to go back to the Twin Cities this … Continue reading →

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Oncology

Posted on May 27, 2016 by susanmsink@gmail.com

I’ve been thinking about oncologists lately. I think it’s hard for most of us to imagine a “call” to oncology, or choosing oncology as a specialty, if we ever think about becoming doctors at all. So much bad news to … Continue reading →

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