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Calorie Burn: Midnight vs. Morn

29JanuarySuzanne2 CommentsHome in the Rookery

With travel and swim season ahead and the best of new year’s intentions behind, I’ve come out of hibernation to trim off a fewÂ pounds. As always, this process is full of choices.Â Do I really want that chocolate cake?Â Even if it means an extra hour on my stationary rower?Â Shall I skip the workout

This Week In Words 1-14-07

28JanuarySuzanneWriting

droit n. Law. 1. A legal right. 2. Something to which one has legal right.Â fleshpots >plural n. places providing luxurious or hedonistic living: he had lived the life of a roue in the fleshpots of London and Paris.Â incipit n. The beginning orÂ opening words of the text of a medieval manuscript or early printed

Write for Chocolate

27JanuarySuzanneWriting

I just linked (through myÂ favorite literary one-womanÂ kick-a$$ info scoop, Miss Snark)Â to a new site which has funny cartoons and interesting reader comments.Â Go to Will Write for Chocolate.com if you’re interested.

Top Ten Ways To Wow Your Child’s Teacher

26JanuarySuzanneJust for Laughs

10 – Come to the parent/teacher conference twenty minutes late and hungover 9 – Tell him you believe homework stifles a child’s innateÂ curiosity and forbid your child to ever turn it in. 8 – When you visit the classroom give a mournful sigh at the sight of the books and ask whatÂ was the costÂ inÂ trees. 7

Craft – Righteous Indignation

25JanuarySuzanne3 CommentsCrafting Pieces

Leann slipped down the stairs, her shoulders tensing as she passed the kids play room.Â From within came the sounds of a toy train and children’s voices. She smiled and took her seat at the computer.Â With the kids happily playing, she could finally get a few minutes to write down her thoughts and feel

Blurb Thinking

24JanuarySuzanneWriting

I’ve figured out that one of my stumbling blocks as a writer is that I can’t sum up what my story is about in a few well-chosen words. My dh asks me about my new story andÂ I launch into aÂ rambling account of this’ and thats’ which include lots of back history but leave out theÂ character’s

A Twist of Perspective

23JanuarySuzanneHome in the Rookery

A month or two ago I took a quick look online to see what prices I could find for an upcoming trip, and choked.Â Tickets I used to get in the $200 dollar range were upwards of $400Â with less than idealÂ departure times. Since we didn’t know exactly when we’d be flying IÂ set the search aside.Â

Public vs. Private Schooling

22JanuarySuzanne5 CommentsHome in the Rookery, Rumblings

We’re hunting around the area for a good private school.Â With a plethora of options, it ought to be easy but is in fact a difficult deciscion.Â One factor complicating it for us is that our children are very different in their strengths and weaknesses, yet we’re hoping to put them in the same school.Â

Top Ten Ways to Cure Insomnia

19JanuarySuzanneJust for Laughs

1 – Get a bucket of scalding water.Â Get a bucket of cold.Â Put one foot in each. 2 – Start at the beginning of Moby Dick (unabridged) and start reading.Â It won’t take long.Â 3 – Get in your car and drive until you find a stop sign.Â Turn left.Â Â Repeat until you’re tired. 4

We Have Snow!

18JanuarySuzanneHome in the Rookery

Our first snow fall in North Carolina.Â It’s only a skiff (you can see the grass through it in most places) but schools were all closed so we bundled up and did our best to slide and build snow men.Â By gathering all the snow from 2-3 yards the neighborhood kids were able to build

Suzanne Warr

Narrative designer, game designer, author

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