tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3009912368962227337.post1957390311903016001..comments2023-06-04T05:30:22.619-05:00Comments on Two Kinds of People: And the Winner Is …Susan Bearmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14991968368214219371noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3009912368962227337.post-81624747066008765232008-11-13T09:35:00.000-06:002008-11-13T09:35:00.000-06:00Congratulations, Sue! I won $200 at my last corpor...Congratulations, Sue! I won $200 at my last corporate employer's Christmas party years ago. And a bottle of cognac at a friend's company party. I still have the cognac. The $200 is long gone!Girl on a Hillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07500905729818247674noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3009912368962227337.post-82012541610551933822008-11-13T07:39:00.000-06:002008-11-13T07:39:00.000-06:00Two years ago I entered three poems in a Universit...Two years ago I entered three poems in a University of Wisconsin-Madison, Writers Institute (their annual writers conference)writing contest.<BR/><BR/>I arrived that first morning in the large conference hall for the opening remarks prior to the rest of the conference beginning. I hadn't had my morning coffee and was heading for the coffee urn inside the hall like a bear drawn to honey.<BR/><BR/>Eyes open, nodding and smiling at many colleagues little did they know I was upright and dressed but my brain was still waking up. <BR/><BR/>Those in charge began their opening remarks with announcing the winners of the "Poem or Page Contest". Nice, I thought, still heading toward the coffee.<BR/><BR/>Honorable Mention: the winner is Sue Roupp. What? Stopped dead in my tracks as applause gathered steam I turned bewildered and smiled. Wow. This was a prestigious win. My brain started to pay attention to the world outside of it.<BR/><BR/>Continuing to the coffee urn, third place was announced. I tuned out but applauded another poet. Then second place: Sue Roupp. What? What? The applause was deafening and people started to hoot and holler. Even my brain was amazed allowing me to smile.<BR/><BR/>This time I turned around and sat down to savor my winnings. I still wanted my coffee but something wonderful was happening and it was more important.<BR/><BR/>Then first place was announced: Sue Roupp. Whoa. Clapping, stomping feet, hoots and hollers and I stood up feeling like I had won the lottery of literary prizes. And I had.<BR/><BR/>It turns out that while I don't seem to win cars or trips etc. in my professional writing life I work hard and do get recognition sometimes. It seems we are lucky in different things and we just have to notice and appreciate where the luck in our lives occurs. It is always there somewhere even in the tiniest event. So take another look at luck and winning and I think we will see that somehow in some way we are all lucky and all winners.Sue Roupphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14730575512668254629noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3009912368962227337.post-75677713213609327512008-11-12T23:40:00.000-06:002008-11-12T23:40:00.000-06:00I just hope the Tiny Prints win didn't use up all ...I just hope the Tiny Prints win didn't use up all of your contest winning karma!<BR/><BR/>Thanks for the link!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3009912368962227337.post-31066774898825988502008-11-12T22:19:00.000-06:002008-11-12T22:19:00.000-06:00Just this weekend I was visiting a friend, and we ...Just this weekend I was visiting a friend, and we had split up to do our own shopping at the mall (an exotic experience for me). I finished a bit early and sat down for a smoothie. The Massachusetts state lottery had a booth nearby and, flush with the excitement of the day, I spent five dollars on lottery tickets and won -- five dollars.<BR/><BR/> My one real winner story concerns a streak I had of hitting winners on something like four out of five scratch-off tickets. My total takings probably came to less than four hundred dollars, but the came on top of a nice tax refund and a tuition-reimbursement check just as I was about to leave a job and appreciated the money. Of course, now that I <I>really</I> want to leave a job, fortune has turned its attention elsewhere.<BR/>===================<BR/> Detectives Beyond Borders<BR/>"Because Murder Is More Fun Away From Home"<BR/> <A HREF="http://detectivesbeyondborders.blogspot.com/" REL="nofollow">http://detectivesbeyondborders.blogspot.com/</A>Peter Rozovskyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09977933481463759162noreply@blogger.com