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Friday, February 23rd, 2007
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4:48 pm - Theatrical Muse Topic: Do you believe in ghosts?
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Do I believe in ghosts? Well, yes, my dears, I most certainly do. I have believed all my life in the beyond and in life after death. What we call “ghosts” are those poor souls stuck between the realms of the living and the dead, in Swedenborgian Space. They have to be encouraged to go into the light. Most of them are good at heart, though there are a few that are definitely evil!
If I ever met a soul in trouble, I’d do my best to help him or her. Just like I’m trying to do with that little girl Mary at Kingdom Hospital. I have to find a way to help her be at peace and get her to go into the light. It must be something terrible keeping her stuck where she is! I know there’s a spirit there, an evil presence, and she’s afraid of it. I’ll do all I can for her, even if it means squaring off against Stegman.
Words: 165
Muse: Eleanor “Sally” Druse
Fandom: Stephen King’s Kingdom Hospital
current mood:  determined
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| Wednesday, February 14th, 2007
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1:58 pm - Theatrical Muse Topic: Night
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It’s tempting to mention the frightening aspects of night, considering my experiences with the supernatural and all, but not all ghosts and paranormal phenomena manifest at night, you know. It’s possible for such things to go on during the day, and these happenings can be as disturbing, or more so, than those that happen after dark. I believe people are more suggestible, perhaps, in the darker hours, and have a tendency to expect ghostly goings-on in the middle of the night. I suppose it’s the Gothic tradition of shadowy graveyards, owls hooting, werewolves howling at the full moon… all of that stuff that keeps such expectations going.
But there’s more to the night than all that spookiness. There’s the romance of kisses out under the stars and the moonlight, there’s the beauty of dusk and the darkening sky, and peaceful slumbers in the still, quiet blackness. That’s what’s so wonderful about night for me.
Words: 154
Muse: Eleanor "Sally" Druse
Fandom: Stephen King’s Kingdom Hospital
current mood:  calm
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| Thursday, February 8th, 2007
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1:08 pm - Theatrical Muse Topic: What are you waiting for?
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What am I waiting for? Honestly, I must admit, I’m not sitting around and waiting for anything anymore. I was taught, when I was younger, that nice girls accepted what they were given and were grateful, that they didn’t go asking for what they wanted, and that “go-getting” behavior was unattractive in a female. I think that’s just the biggest load of nonsense ever. I’m not talking about wanting to be the ruthless corporate type here, I just mean that if there’s something I need to make my life better, or to help someone else out who really needs it, I will be proactive and go out and do whatever it takes to make it happen.
For example, when I wanted to stay in Kingdom Hospital and help that poor child trapped in Swedenborgian Space, I was willing to fake symptoms and risk being labeled a malingering old bat by that dreadful Dr. Stegman. I simply did what I had to do.
Words: 162
Muse: Eleanor “Sally” Druse
Fandom: Stephen King’s Kingdom Hospital
current mood: determined
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| Friday, February 2nd, 2007
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4:10 pm - Theatrical Muse Topic: Hindsight is always 20/20
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Well, they say hindsight is always 20/20, but is it really? I’m sure we all filter memories through the lens of our own psychological perceptions – our beliefs, our hopes and fears, and our convictions about the way things ought to be. Or the way we would like them to be. So, if we look back, what we’re thinking about or remembering is clouded by all that’s going on in our minds, surely?
Hindsight can be useful, yes, and there have been times when I’ve called on it to avoid making the same mistakes as I’ve made in the past, but it isn’t one hundred per cent reliable, one hundred per cent of the time. I tend to deal with things in the here and now, with the resources I’ve already got, including my own intuition. I’d say hindsight was an asset, something we all could do with the benefit of, but I wouldn’t call it 20/20 or anything near completely accurate.
Words: 161
Muse: Eleanor “Sally” Druse
Fandom: Stephen King’s Kingdom Hospital
current mood: amused
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| Friday, January 26th, 2007
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3:16 pm - Theatrical Muse Topic: I never thought I'd say this, but...
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I never thought I’d say this, but… I need a vacation.
Just for a little while, it would be nice to get away from ghosts and monsters, from Stegman and his tantrums, from the supernatural and things that go bump in the night. Even from beautiful guardian angels and all the good stuff to do with the world beyond. For a short time I would just like to go away to a beach or forest somewhere, take long walks and enjoy the sunshine. Maybe I would like to sit somewhere with a good book – one not about psychic phenomena for a change, but just some nice mindless romance or mystery thriller – and while away the hours by reading. It’s great hearing spirits, helping the dead cross over to the light and all that – but even psychics need a break! And even mothers too. I adore my son Bobby, but some time away from even him would do us both the power of good! Yes, maybe I should do it. Just go away and have some fun before I’m ready to get back into it all.
Words: 185
Muse: Eleanor “Sally” Druse
Fandom: Stephen King’s Kingdom Hospital
current mood:  tired
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| Friday, January 19th, 2007
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4:04 pm - Theatrical Muse Topic: The Morning After
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The morning after? That’s an interesting subject. At my age there have been plenty of mornings after very eventful nights. It’s very hard to pick just one to talk about. One that does spring immediately to mind is the morning after my wedding night. I was a new bride, full of hope and love and I thought that my husband was the most perfect man alive. Doesn’t every hopeful young wife? I was so full of romantic notions… wanting everything to be just right. I looked out at the sunshine as the day promised to be a beautiful one and I promised I would treasure this moment always. Well, although Randall turned out to be not so perfect after all, and marriage didn’t quite live up to my expectations, I do still treasure that lovely moment in my memories. A little romance brightens any pathway in life, I always say.
Words: 150
Muse: Eleanor “Sally” Druse
Fandom: Stephen King’s Kingdom Hospital
current mood:  refreshed
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| Friday, January 12th, 2007
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1:04 pm - Theatrical Muse Topic: What song best describes your life?
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Now that’s an interesting question – what song best describes my life? There’s plenty I could think of that apply to my life and loves, and that’s without the typical clichéd ditties about spooks and ghosts, gypsies with crystal balls and the world beyond death and all that.
I could think of songs about jilted lovers and betrayed wives – I was one. Or mothers and what they go through every day – for I am a mother after all. Or maybe there’s a tune or two out there about slightly crazy but still very nice old ladies. Can’t think of any offhand, but you never know.
But the song that speaks most to me about myself is a song many of you probably don’t know. It’s called “Them Heavy People” and it’s by Kate Bush. It talks about opening one’s mind, and realizing that, as the lyrics say, every one of us has a heaven inside and it’s we humans who perform the miracles. This has been a lifelong process for me, and it’s a beautiful thing.
(Lyrics can be found here).
Words: 175
Muse: Eleanor “Sally” Druse
Fandom: Stephen King’s Kingdom Hospital
current mood: calm
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| Friday, January 5th, 2007
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2:40 pm - Theatrical Muse Topic: Something new for the upcoming year
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Well, in the upcoming year I hope to be able to finally get through to my son Bobby about taking care of himself and taking charge of his life! I do love him, but he’s a grown man who should have other things on his mind besides eating, reading dirty magazines and playing violent video games. I know he’s a good person – kind, generous and sweet, he’s doing well at his job as an orderly at Kingdom Hospital, and he’s managed to make some wonderful friends, so why can’t he find someone to love? If he’d just lose a few pounds he’d be such a good-looking man, too. He’s far too good to be stuck at home with just me, and the dog.
I suppose I’m worrying too much. Typical old biddy, I hear you all sighing. But I love my Bobby, and only want the best for him, always.
Words: 150
Muse: Eleanor “Sally” Druse
Fandom: Stephen King’s Kingdom Hospital
current mood: hopeful
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| Saturday, December 30th, 2006
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8:56 pm - Theatrical Muse Catch-Up
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| Friday, December 15th, 2006
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4:02 pm - Theatrical Muse Topic: Changing Society
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I suppose it’s a little bit of a cliché, really, but if I could make just one change in society, it would be to have more tolerance for difference and more love in the world. It would lead to so much less conflict, and far less loneliness. Without these things, there are so many unhappy and angry people out there. Nothing is better than seeing smiling faces and people being good to each other.
Without the nay-sayers and finger-pointers of the world, so many more people would have confidence in themselves and their abilities, and would live up to their full potential. I’ve heard of so many people with clairvoyant or clairaudient gifts like mine who have had others make fun of them or try to suppress their unique and special talents, often when they were young children and most vulnerable to being hurt and pushed from the pathway they wished to set foot on, the exciting life’s journey they longed to undertake. And in my not so humble opinion, that’s nothing less than tragic.
Words: 175
Muse: Eleanor “Sally” Druse
Fandom: Stephen King’s Kingdom Hospital
current mood: content
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| Friday, December 8th, 2006
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5:11 pm - Theatrical Muse Topic: Sally Druse vs. Evil: It's War!
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If I declared war, it’d be on evil spirits! I would use everything I have learned about the supernatural, all resources of exorcism and protection I could lay my hands on – people like priests and fellow psychics, tomes I’ve read, and my own instincts and cunning, of course! They’re a pest, these evil ghosts, and scary to the little kiddies besides. If they can’t be persuaded to go to the light, other means must be used to get rid of them. Especially if they’re a danger to the living, or to good spirits in the realm of the dead, out there in Swedenborgian Space or the in between world or whatever you wish to call it.
I suppose there are plenty of you out there who think I’m just a batty old woman. But I assure you, these forces of evil are real and must be taken very seriously indeed!
Words: 150
Muse: Eleanor “Sally” Druse
Fandom: Stephen King’s Kingdom Hospital
current mood:  annoyed
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| Friday, December 1st, 2006
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3:44 pm - Theatrical Muse Topic: Dance
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Ah, dance! It’s such a beautiful word and such a beautiful thing. I remember being young and in love with the man who would become my husband – little did I know then that he was a shameless, faithless philanderer! Randall was so handsome and dashing, and I tried to make myself as pretty as I could for him. Young and naïve I was, with a head full of fairy tales. I remember the first time Randall and I went dancing. My dress was midnight blue chiffon, and Randall bought me a corsage of violets that smelled so sweet as we whirled around the dance-floor.
When my son Bobby was a tiny baby, sometimes I’d pick him up in my arms and dance around the nursery as the sun streamed in the windows. I’d put on the radio or record player, and just rock him against me or lift him up to see him smile.
Sometimes I still dance to that music when I’m all alone, even if it’s just inside my head.
Words: 172
Muse: Eleanor “Sally” Druse
Fandom: Stephen King’s Kingdom Hospital
current mood:  mischievous
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| Friday, November 24th, 2006
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5:50 pm - Theatrical Muse Topic: Sunrise
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Sunrise… the word brings up so many images, so many emotions, that it’s hard to pick just a few of them to talk about. But there are two sunrises that stand out in my mind as most noteworthy, because they are the symbols of a beginning and an end for me.
The first sunrise of my honeymoon I remember as well as if it were yesterday. Randall and I, waking up as the sun shone through the gap in the curtains and smiling at each other. We were such typical newlyweds, with the bright-eyed freshness of children, just starting our beautiful new life together.
And the first sunrise after Randall left me for a student is equally easy to remember, though a thousand times more painful. I had passed a sleepless night, full of tears and bitterness, anger and betrayal. Bobby was sleeping peacefully in his little bed, his favorite toys around him, but I sat up to face the dawn. It was in those early morning moments that I began to realize my own strength, how I had to carry on for my son and myself, and that I was a survivor.
Words: 193
Muse: Eleanor “Sally” Druse
Fandom: Stephen King’s Kingdom Hospital
current mood:  thoughtful
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| Thursday, November 16th, 2006
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7:56 pm - Theatrical Muse Topic: Road Trip
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Well, this is an interesting subject, isn’t it? A road trip. I bet you’re all thinking I’m going to go all philosophical on all of you, telling you some tale of how life is a long and winding road and how death and beyond are a great adventure. But I’m sure you don’t want to listen to an old lady rambling on about things that some of you won’t be interested in or understand.
I used to love going on road trips as a child, traveling with my parents, looking at the scenery as we drove past. I especially loved the country, and deserted roads shaded with trees that may or may not have lead to somewhere mysterious. My attentions were beginning to be drawn beyond the mundane even then.
Later on, I tried to re-create some of those lovely childhood moments with my own son Bobby, when he was a little boy. But it was never the same – my husband Randall arguing with me over the road map, poor little Bobby getting carsick, and the car hot and uncomfortable – not like my parents’ lovely, roomy old car. I guess some moments in life are best left just as we remember them…
Words: 202
Muse: Eleanor “Sally” Druse
Fandom: Stephen King’s Kingdom Hospital
current mood: nostalgic
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| Friday, November 10th, 2006
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5:45 pm - Theatrical Muse Topic: The moral of the story is...
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I believe in listening to instinct, the little voice within, premonitions – whatever you want to call it. Whenever something bad is about to happen, whether it’s a disaster or merely annoying, my instincts have always tried to tell me something is up and I should be paying attention. Believe you me, I’ve avoided some nasty pitfalls by trusting my inner voices. That little prickly feeling inside that says, “Sally, you’d better watch out now!” Perhaps, since I’m what some people would call “psychic”, I’ve got a gift for that sort of thing, and am slightly better at it than others – but I’m not one hundred per cent invulnerable, mind you.
Oh, there were times, when I was young and silly, when I ignored my better judgment and just went on ahead and did whatever I wanted to do, but I certainly lived to regret it and learn from my mistakes. Nowadays I’m more adept at trusting my funny little feelings and my premonitions, and try to use them to help others too. The moral of the story is, in my opinion, always trust that little voice within, even if it sounds weird to you at the time. You’ll be glad you did.
Words: 202
Muse: Eleanor “Sally” Druse
Fandom: Stephen King’s Kingdom Hospital
current mood: contemplative
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| Friday, November 3rd, 2006
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5:45 pm - Theatrical Muse Topic: Tunnel
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Tunnels – ah, now there is a fascinating concept! One which I’ve frequently given many thoughts to, as the tunnel is a very powerful image indeed with deeper meanings than most people would generally realize. Through visualising the tunnel we encounter our deepest mind - the unconscious thoughts and feelings that are the pathways to understanding.
When dealing with dream symbolism, the tunnel can signify birth, sometimes, and at other times, death. When we’re dreaming about a tunnel, the image is asking us to look back at a starting point, where we’ve come from. And it is also encouraging us to go forward, following a path into the unknown. To take the risk of exploring what we have hidden from ourselves, and to discover who we truly are in the process. Tunnels are a message for us, a strong and clear direction to explore what is most meaningful – our own concepts of what life, death and birth are to us.
Words: 159
Muse: Eleanor “Sally” Druse
Fandom: Stephen King’s Kingdom Hospital
current mood:  indescribable
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| Friday, October 27th, 2006
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6:39 pm - Theatrical Muse Catch-Up
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| Friday, October 13th, 2006
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5:43 pm - Theatrical Muse Topic: Write about a memory of summer
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I remember well my son Bobby’s first summer – ah yes, I remember it very well indeed. For it was one of the happiest times in my life, and one of the few times that Randall put in a decent effort to be a husband and father.
The sun was shining, the birds were singing – all of that. But most of my attention was on little Bobby and how wide his eyes and his smile were – everything so new and so beautiful to him, the child himself so recently arrived in the world with all that lovely babyish innocence. I was just rapt, watching my darling son enjoying himself, and looking over at his father every so often, hoping that he was happy to be with us, for already I was starting to doubt. My sixth sense, perhaps, was niggling at me, letting me know that something would some day be amiss… alas, it proved right, with Randall eventually abandoning me and his young son for an art history student!
But that glorious summer memory – it’s still perfect all the same.
Words: 180
Muse: Eleanor “Sally” Druse
Fandom: Stephen King’s Kingdom Hospital
current mood: nostalgic
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| Friday, October 6th, 2006
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3:49 am - Theatrical Muse Topic: Hidden
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Hidden. That’s a very interesting word and concept. Is anything truly, completely hidden from everybody? I think not, actually. I believe God sees all, for example, and there’s plenty of things that the Devil can see that we’d rather he didn’t. And right here on the mortal plane, it’s hard to hide many things from the eyes of a loving mother, even though she’s getting older. Yes, I’m talking about you, Bobby, and those disgusting magazines you try to hide from me under your bed and other places! And when you try to conceal from me the amount you’re eating, and smoking, and… I am only telling you this because I love you and don’t want you dropping dead while I’m still around!
Anyway, where was I? Oh yes, hidden. Many of the things I hear and see from spirits, from other realms, are things that are hidden from others. I’m fortunate to have this gift, I believe, because I hope I can use it to do some good for a few poor souls out there.
Words: 176
Muse: Eleanor “Sally” Druse
Fandom: Stephen King’s Kingdom Hospital
current mood: exhausted
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| Friday, September 29th, 2006
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5:13 pm - Theatrical Muse Catch-Up
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curious
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