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Bruised But Not Broken

22FebruarySuzanne4 CommentsHome in the Rookery, The Human Condition

Alas, this morning the inevitable arrived.Â I hit a deer.Â There was really no time to brake, since it jumped straight out of the trees (where they grow closest to the road) and in front of my car. Â I was probably going close to 50.Â The poor thing never stood a chance. Luckily I’m okay,

A Cream Puff Kind of Night

19FebruarySuzanne5 CommentsHome in the Rookery, Just for Laughs

It all started when our son stuffed four cases of A&W root beer into the basement freezer.Â The cans burst before they froze, so we had a delightfully root beer scented freezer and a waterfall of brown ice flowing off the shelves and pooling in theÂ bottom drawer. When I found it I may have said

Scoping Out the Lay of the Land

15FebruarySuzanne5 CommentsHome in the Rookery

Our family has a new passion–paintball.Â And since my birthday is coming up, we have the perfect opportunity to outfit ourselves to indulge the new interest. With that in mind,Â we went exploring around our property over the weekend–this time with an eye for great paintball forts.Â Every pile of stacked firewood, fallen tree, or copse

Happy Thirteenth!

13FebruarySuzanneHome in the Rookery, Writing

I’m delighted to anounce that my most hated story ever is through the most difficult part of the edits.Â Yay!Â This story has been the mother-bear of all stories, but I also felt it had a lot of potential and was worth the effort.Â However, I’m delighted to set it aside for awhile and start

Defying the Groundhog

2FebruarySuzanne1 CommentHome in the Rookery, Just for Laughs

I’ve decided that winter can be a state of the mind, and I’m not participating in it.Â Even after the Florida trip–or maybe, because the FL trip was so chilly–I’ve beenÂ finished with winter for several weeks now.Â And the weather really hasn’t been bad.Â Nothing a little perspective can’t claim is spring capriciousness at work.

Hurray For Wasted Days

30JanuarySuzanneHome in the Rookery, Just for Laughs

Did you ever have a day that was so weighed down by its own ‘To Do’ list it stayed in bed and scrapped the whole thing?Â Today was like that.Â Or, at least, the first half.Â A day which really had no business doing anything but nose-to-the-grindestone work, and at an efficiency level that would

What’s in YOUR Burger?

12JanuarySuzanneHome in the Rookery, Just for Laughs

Over the weekend I volunteered at my son’s school for a fundraiser and was put on a concession cash register.Â The event was pretty busy and we had a steady flow of hamburgers, hot dogs, and combos thereof coming past, with the occasional candy bar or soda.Â I tried to do the friendly chat with

Looking for Wheels

10JanuarySuzanneHome in the Rookery, Just for Laughs

We went car shopping today.Â In a laxidasical, half-hearted way.Â We really do need a second car–we’ve been getting along fine for all these years with just one, but recently we’ve had a few too many times when half the family needed toÂ dance attendance toÂ a particularÂ event while the other half the family needed to simultaneously

Indiscriminate Use of False Advertising

8JanuarySuzanne4 CommentsHome in the Rookery, Just for Laughs

Our cats would like to lodge a formal protest of the gross misrepresentation and product falsification evident in this photo.Â Where, pray tell, are the Unlimited Wild Birds promised? Â Â Â

A Plug and a Snowman

4JanuarySuzanneHome in the Rookery, Newsy Bits About Writing and Writers

I may have known this before, but if so, I forgot to tell myself and will now make it a public announcement so I can’t miss hearing about it: James Maxey‘s book, Dragonforge,Â has been nominated for the David Gemmell Legend Award!Â Go here to vote.Â If you haven’t read it yet, do so quickly, and

Suzanne Warr

Narrative designer, game designer, author

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