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The Backyard Chicken Buffet

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This is official notice to all Hawks, Owls, Turkey Vultures, and Eagles that the Backyard Chicken Buffet is now closed. We’re down to only one chicken at this point, and fear we must ask our valued customers to find some other easy meal while we rebuild our stock. We apologize for any inconvenience.

Phone Tag Kid

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TonightÂ I was at our locel grocery store, picking up the all important cranberry juice*, when I heard a child’s voice pipe up from nearby. “Mom, where are you?” My own kids were safe at home, but once a mom, always a mom.Â My nurturing instincts kicked in and I looked around, expecting to find a

Wisdom is knowing…

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I’ve always been the type of person who could push through anything.Â As a kid, I won the most ferocious water fights because when the other kids backed away from the blasting hose,Â I took the spray right in the face and charged. Not the most intelligent approach to life, perhaps, but it got things done.

Pumpkin Days

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We attended a Fall Festival and Trunk or Treat tonight, and I was struck by how much fun the various kids had explaining their costumes.Â While of course there is theÂ stray child who feels frustrated when no one knows what they are, many seem to take a sort of guilty pleasure out of confessing that

Another Reason to Play With Fire

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We tried out a new concoction cooked over the fire tonight.Â These are Flame Grilled Mini Cakes, so dubbed by yours truly. Here we have the tidy prep of the oranges.Â Each was hollowed out and filled with cake batter. Â And here we have the deliciously messy finished product. Â The orange flavor was

Cue the Walking Song

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The weather was absolutely gorgeous for a walk tonight, and check out this road in the sunset.Â It put me to mind of the Gandalf song…not sure I’ve got the words, but the phrase running in my head is, “the road goes ever on and on…” and continues but I can’t pick out the rest.

A Match Made in Snarls

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Cats and yarn.Â They seem to go together…everyone has the mental image of an old granny in her rocker with her cats about her feet and the knitting needles going at a million miles a minute. Of course, the other image that comes to mind looks something like this: Â And I’m discovering that this

Got Any New Yarns?

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Our seven-year-old has decided to weave and craft her Christmas presents this year, and together we’re discoveringÂ a fascinating new world of looms, shuttle sticks, warp and weft.Â Our conversations in the craft store tend to go like this: Daughter: “Mom, like at this one!” Me: “Wow, that’s pretty.Â Look at the sparkles on the yarn.”

Chickens, ‘Eggs’, and a Popcorn Update

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The chickens are finally laying eggs!Â Better yet, they’re laying them where we can find them!Â Â Since they’ve abandoned their coop for higher ground–literally, they’re now roosting in the trees–and ranging all over the property, we haven’t had much luck finding the eggs until now.Â I suspectÂ the hensÂ have anÂ identity crisis–they’veÂ mistaken themselves for theÂ easter bunny.

Meter for Popcorn and a Handful to Taste

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First the new counter:Â [pfmeter id=1] Not much to look at, true, but I didÂ predict that this week’s count would be low.Â Next week we’re into a regular routine and hopefully I won’t need any more backstory digressions that don’t count toward the novel’s forward momentum.Â Remind my characters they’re not allowed to go schizo on

Suzanne Warr

Narrative designer, game designer, author

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