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Kitty's People: The Irish Family Saga about the Rise of a Generous Woman

Kitty's People: The Irish Family Saga about the Rise of a Generous Woman

Biographical family saga—Irish roots, ill-fated siblings, unconventional love stories, and big hearts. Midwest. 1885-1934.

2022

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Using AI to (Finally) Make Friends with My Old Face

Feeling drab, I set out to find the character I want to spend the rest of my life with.

4 min readSep 6, 2023

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“Beautiful old woman by Alexandr Averin” [Midjourney-generated faceswap prompted by the author]

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About Me — Susan Barrett Price

I live in a log cabin on the south shore of Lake Ontario — the Monastery of Artful Delights.

5 min readAug 22, 2021

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The dZi Bead: Making of a Good Luck Charm

Tale of the Agate Necklace, from Tibet via Paris and across the Andes

3 min readDec 24, 2023

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Necklace made of agate beads, including a Tibetan dZi bead

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From Ethiopia: The Lost Scrolls of Desire

What is that twinge of longing for something that was never yours?

5 min readDec 2, 2023

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From Ethiopia: The Lost Scrolls of Desire

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Finding Gold in AI Self-Portraits

What is it about the ancient rituals of alchemy that enchant me?

4 min readNov 17, 2023

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Self-portrait as an ancient alchemist

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How to Spin History into a Good Family Yarn

Using the deep third-person point of view

4 min readNov 10, 2023

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Irish immigrant on the street of Chicago in the 1880s

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God Bless You, Mr. Nelson: the Leclaire Experiment

Leclaire was the utopian alternative to wretched Gilded Age company towns

5 min readNov 3, 2023

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Depiction of a man holding the book “Looking Backward” and standing in front of a pretty town

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The Moon Teaches Me a Lesson or Two

Your new word: AZIMUTH

3 min readOct 27, 2023

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A full moon setting over Lake Ontario, AI generated

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October Chills: What Scary Movies Are You Watching?

Beware the hunters of witches

3 min readOct 22, 2023

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Four 16th century women studying their books, while cooking over a fire.

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How I Finished My Epic Family Saga

A plague project turned into a labor of love — and a book was born

5 min readOct 1, 2023

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Ghost of my great-grandmother looks on, as I sit at my desk writing her story

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Susan Barrett Price

Susan Barrett Price

Book Author

Author of KITTY’S PEOPLE, HEADLONG, TRIBE OF THE BREAKAWAY BEADS, and 2 thrillers. Old. Still curious. Still learning.

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