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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...
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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...
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Linda Reads the Portland Mercury

Written by Susan Fritz | Friday, January 29th, 2016 Posted in Blog, On the Fritz Show Notes, On the Fritz with Susan Fritz Podcast, Oregon
Released January 28, 2016: Linda Reads the Portland Mercury This link takes you to all episodes on the iTunes. Linda is baaaack! And so am I for a brief visit to the ‘burbs of Portland, Oregon. In this episode, I hand my mom, the Notorious L.I.N.D.A, a copy of that ubiquitous local rag (in this case, The Portland Mercury), and let her go! Once again, without her knowledge (bad daughter), I began recording after I realized this was material was potential comedic genius. Stay tuned for th...
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10 X 10 in HKG

Written by Susan Fritz | Friday, December 25th, 2015 Posted in Blog, Hong Kong, Nomad Life
I speak most comfortably in Airport Code…not as well as my flight attendant friend Jill (she is a 3-letter wiz!), but I try… When I booked my ticket to Taipei where I’m staying with a college friend and his wife and 3 kiddos, I decided to intentionally give myself a 10-hour layover in Hong Kong–because why go one place when you can go two?! This is becoming my new strategy, actually, and doesn’t involve any bells and whistles, is not more expensive (in fact, it&#...
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Just Ask

Written by Susan Fritz | Thursday, December 24th, 2015 Posted in Bali, Blog, Nomad Life
My last few days in  Bali were near the beach. Unless you get a special Visa, they kick you out after 30 days–or, even better, you are fined at the airport, so like Doug, “I’m outta heere…”  (please click on this–it would make me very happy and you’d gain insight into my bizzaro sense ‘o humor). I ended my time in Bali at the beach because it seemed like the right thing to do. I mean…Bali. The name conjures up images of, well, crystal-clea...
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Walk, Run, Stop For the Holidays

Written by Susan Fritz | Thursday, December 24th, 2015 Posted in Blog
On a street corner in Taipei… I encountered the perfect reminder for this busy holiday season: Stop. Thanks to the sign that was perfectly positioned, seemingly, just for me.
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Bali, Hi!

Written by Susan Fritz | Thursday, December 3rd, 2015 Posted in Bali, On the Fritz Show Notes
The Bali Podcast! Released December 3, 2015: Bali, Hi! This link takes you to all episodes on the iTunes. You will learn just a few things in this episode: 1: I am still alive. 2: I am melting (did I mention it’s hot in Bali…?) 3: I do not make for a highly sensitive cultural guide. (“um…yeah, so they have these sacred religious traditions…”) 4: If you’ve never heard of the Winchester Mystery House, you will now! 5: I lecture you for a few seconds abo...
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Seven Tens with Linda

Written by Susan Fritz | Sunday, November 29th, 2015 Posted in Blog
A couple of weeks before I knew where I was nomading next, I was in Oregon for a visit to my “mailing address” home and my mom and sister. I asked my mom a hard question. Not the make, model, or variety of “hard” where you know you’re about to get the answer you don’t want, but rather, its opposite. I knew she was going to say the right thing. And, although for the record the “right” thing could have been anything, if you know what I mean—and I think you do—I am referring to MY “right thing”—...

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