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Pumpkin Pops!

21JuneSuzanne1 CommentHome in the Rookery, Kitchen Cachepumpkin pie popsicle fun family summer treat homemade gourmet kitchen kids

Who says you can’t have a perfect scorching-summer treat while enjoying a little of fall’s cool flavors?Â And who says you can’t get a little fun ‘research’ in and count it work?Â Here’s my answer to both–pumpkin pieÂ popsicles! I found the recipe I started with at Kitchen Corners but of course I had to mess

The Long Awaited Pond!

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It was all the turtle’s fault.Â It’s true that I’ve been pining after a water garden or pond for at least a dozen years now–and have the books to prove it–but I had other things that needed doing and a pond wasn’t on the list. Then I saw the turtle in the middle of the

What Were Those Warning Signs Again?

4JuneSuzanne3 CommentsChickens and Fabulous Fowlguinea chick keet silkie chicken bronze white addicted hatching

Hi, my name is Suzanne, and I’m addicted to hatching. That’s probably how I should introduce myself!Â We had two weeks without anything hatching, and it seriously felt like several months.Â I kept thinking I should go peek in an incubator to see how chicks and keets were coming along, only to have that bummer

Dragons Who Kick…Tail

25MaySuzanne3 CommentsDragons, Martial Arts

Since I’veÂ recently sent off a novel featuring black belts and have also been teaching the occasional self defense class, I decided this month’s dragon should be one that I associate with martial arts. I hoped to find one onÂ my black belt uniform, but settled for a dragon tee I used a lot while training.Â I

Writing in Pictures

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My words are all taken with writing projects, so you’re getting pics instead.Â Consider it my 1,000 word gift of eye candyÂ to tie you over til your Friday comes. 😀 The parrots who are the cause of all the trouble.Â If in doubt, blame the parrots. The lucky blueberry surprise–I could’ve sworn this pot was

Waking Up To Surprises–Or, In Other Words, Life

9MaySuzanne3 CommentsChickens and Fabulous Fowl, Writingsilkie chicken egg hatch lock down mistake writing agent rejection 13 Demon Days hailstones

Guess what I found in the incubator this morning?Â Mind you, this was NOT the hatching bator.Â This wasÂ in an incubator that is dedicated to incubating eggs for all but the last three days before they hatch.Â For those days, the sweet little egg’uns are moved out of the crowded topsy-tipsy bator and into a

Happy May Day!

1MaySuzanne10 CommentsChickens and Fabulous Fowl, Home in the Rookery, Writing

The roses are blooming, the bees are buzzing, and weÂ topped out atÂ 90 degrees today.Â Â Sounds like aÂ good time to curl up for a nap, right? Well, you might want to hold on to your tail!Â I think we’re officialyÂ flown past spring and are hurtling toward summer at about, oh, 90 miles an hour!Â And that seems

Answering the 7-7-7 Challenge!

20AprilSuzanne1 CommentChickens and Fabulous Fowl, Writingchicken novel excerpt funny pic silkie chick partridge diced worms pat esden

Last week IÂ was tagged by my writing friend, Pat Esden in the latest of the blogÂ chasers going around.Â If you getÂ the chance, check out the snippet she posted from her gothic novel, Moonhill.Â I’ve read snatchesÂ of it, and it’s a lovely blend of complex family tensions and lush setting. Here’sÂ the 7-7-7 Challenge: Flip to page

The Thirteenth Factor

13AprilSuzanne6 CommentsChickens and Fabulous Fowl, Home in the Rookery, Writing

Friday the thirteenth is always one of my favorite days.Â It just feels like anything should be possible, you know?Â Kind of like a blue moon actually taking place.Â But in order for such a wondrous day to occur, there has to be a bit of quirky in the week building up to it. I

One Man’s Treat is Another Man’s Poison

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Gooey nutty pies, gorgeous peanut butter mousse, molten peanut butter cake, darling peanut butter pops, and of course, anything made with the classic peanut butter cookie. I’m sure it looks gorgeous to you, but it makes me want to gag.Â Literally. There’s no getting away from peanuts, no matter how hardÂ I try.Â That was the

Suzanne Warr

Narrative designer, game designer, author

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