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Susan M Fritz

Hope is a Lonely Cockroach

Written by Susan Fritz | Thursday, March 10th, 2016 Posted in Blog, Dan Fritz, Hawaii
Sunrise: Maui. Which of the following seems more true: You take a piece of the places you visit with you, OR you leave a piece of yourself there from you? This awkwardly-phrased question came to me as if I were interviewing myself after watching the sun rise on what has got to be one of the most beautiful spots on earth. People would make human sacrifices for this view—or else pay buku bucks for the right to experience it. I’ve been here for almost a month and all I had to “do” was be friends...
Susan M Fritz

No One Is That Loved

Written by Susan Fritz | Tuesday, March 1st, 2016 Posted in Blog, Dan Fritz, What I Write
You don’t need to know the “preamble” to this post, but I’ll give you one anyway. I was in the middle of applying to an artistic Residency for this spring, searching for a current acting resume on my desktop–a task which should take 3 seconds but proved difficult due to recent computer switching and lack of backup skills. Oh, and also the fact that I haven’t dusted the thing off for a “while”–I’m being purposely vague because it̵...
Susan M Fritz

Episode 9: Q Before A (On the Fritz Gets an Earlift)

Written by Susan Fritz | Sunday, February 28th, 2016 Posted in Blog, Dan Fritz, Hawaii, On the Fritz Show Notes, On the Fritz with Susan Fritz Podcast
Released February 28, 2016! Q Before A (On the Fritz Gets an Earlift) This link takes you to all episodes on the iTunes Hey, On the Fritz listeners! In this episode I tackle two messages I received this past week from friends. Warning for those expecting lumberjacks or Linda…this one’s more serious. I read aloud part of the exchange between one friend on the topic of grief and how to deal; the other, I scratch the surface of the answer to the question posed, “What has been i...
Susan Myhr Fritz

Ben and Bieber

Written by Susan Fritz | Wednesday, February 17th, 2016 Posted in Blog, Dan Fritz
In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes. –Uncle Ben Allow me to practice making a Constitutional Amendment to this phrase (I’m running for President–did you know?), because aside from being overly cynical, it’s not exactly true. I know plenty of people who have avoided taxes for years–one or two who even went to the grave running from the IRS. So if I were Phrase President, I’d change this famous quote (written by THE first a...
Susan M Fritz

Tiny Cards and Chalk Hearts

Written by Susan Fritz | Sunday, February 14th, 2016 Posted in Blog, Dan Fritz, Hawaii, What I Write
There is a truth about V-Day I’ve always projected and protected in order to keep my heart and mind safely inside their respective mild-to-medium-cynical zones. That truth is this: it’s a gross holiday—an excuse for deadbeat partners to make up for 364 other days of romantic failure. But the other Truth, the non-cynical one, is this: it’s kinda sweet…at least it has sweetness potential. Like Splenda, you’ll never actually believe it tastes like the real thing, but it will do...
Susan M Fritz

The New Invictus

Written by Susan Fritz | Sunday, January 31st, 2016 Posted in Blog, Dan Fritz
For Dan, my Captain, gone 7 years I woke up with the wet washcloth on my forehead brain Tears from the memory of heat and water mixed with salt (Too much, but not enough) I went to grab a glacier and came back empty-handed Hope sinking by the belief that Our Love was stronger than the Titanic (Too much, but not enough) I was the Captain of an Unsinkable Fate Life hit with the Reality of cold and wet mangled by impact (Too much, but not enough) Oh, my Captain, The sea was rough and the ship su...
Susan M Fritz

Love is Baggage You Don’t Have to Check

Written by Susan Fritz | Friday, November 20th, 2015 Posted in Blog, Dan Fritz, What I Write
7 years ago, my late husband Dan had just turned 30. 7 years ago I would have been rolling blue party streamers around the edges of his bed at the Hotel Sloan in a “comedy-in-the-Chekhovian-sense” attempt to deliver a festive day. As I twirled around and then taped the last piece to the metal bed frame, Dan said something I will always remember but sometimes forget—especially when things are going well. I think that’s ok–to forget in the pre-frontal cortex or wherever the im...

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