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Talking the Cat out of the Tree

10DecemberSuzanne2 CommentsHome in the Rookery, Writing

Last night at something close to 11:00pm, I located our tom cat, Shadow.Â It’s a part of my routine toÂ put the cats up each night, but there have been times when Shadow opted to stay out overnight.Â However, last night when I called him, he meowed back.Â And meowed.Â And meowed.Â But never got any

A Whole New Way to Celebrate

8DecemberSuzanneHome in the Rookery, Just for Laughs

Today I’m celebrating a new milestone.Â One that is so momentous it has brought me to the stuttering point, and so far-reaching I will celebrate it every year from this day forward.Â What addition to my life has brought about all this gushing? …hold that breath… My very own personalÂ post office scale. I’ve been using

Winter Party Despite the Weather

7DecemberSuzanne3 CommentsHome in the Rookery

I’m in the midst of planning a winter party.Â Now, if we lived somewhere frigid and obligingly snowy, we’d just pack everyone off to go sledding, toss a few snowballs, warm up with hot chocolate, and call it good. Since the brief dusting of snow we had a month ago will probably be the last

A Car with No Work Ethic

4DecemberSuzanne4 CommentsHome in the Rookery, Just for Laughs

Our car recently decided it needed a vacation.Â When we didn’t provide one, it took a few days off under the pretense of ‘calling in sick’.Â That was the week before last, and though we grumbled, we decided to let the issue slide.Â After all, we rarely give it any time off. Then last week,

O Christmas Tree

3DecemberSuzanne4 CommentsHome in the Rookery

Some of my earliest memories of Christmas center around the tree.Â I love the music, the deeper spiritual celebration, and the family traditions, but I’m a visual person so the vivid image of a glowing tree has always stood out bright in my mind.Â I also really loved the scent of a fresh cut pine,Â kept

Easing Into December

2DecemberSuzanneHome in the Rookery, Writing

I think I’ve decided that December’s water is cold, and requires slow and careful familiarization.Â When we pulled out the Christmas stuff, we discovered that during the move the tree had been seperated from everything else and placed in the tool shed–which has since had twenty-million items added to it.Â Sooo…this year we dug our

Happy Thanksgiving!

25NovemberSuzanneHome in the Rookery

I know, I know, I’m getting a little ahead of myself.Â But the blog will probably be neglected over the next few days, so I’m getting the well wishes up now. Here’s a few thingsÂ I’m thankful for this year in particular: We came through the real estate bubble, carrying two mortgages in what is close

Cat Critics Weigh In

23NovemberSuzanneHome in the Rookery, Writing

So, I finished the latest wip over the weekend.Â Or, at any rate, the first draft.Â I’ve kept the title, A Fool and His Money, which is unusual for me.Â I also kept to the original outline, which is unprecedented.Â On the other hand, it was about 3,000 words longer than planned–finalÂ word count a solid

Hi-ho, Hi-ho, It’s Off to School We Go

20NovemberSuzanneHome in the Rookery, Just for Laughs

Four nights at the school in one week, or time spent in the afternoon there until at least 5:00pm.Â They may be giving us a break next week, but they’re determined to make sure we earn it! And a pic to go with my gripe. Maybe this was one of those one-room school houses we

The Not So Happening Goings-on

18NovemberSuzanne2 CommentsHome in the Rookery, Just for Laughs

I hadn’t realized how much finishing the firstÂ draft of Shadow Dance took out of me.Â Or getting theÂ old house to closing.Â Or…yeah.Â So maybe there’sÂ been aÂ bit more going on. But the truth isÂ I’ve slept a lot the last couple days.Â And since that doesn’t make for very interesting blogging (unless I record my snores and

Suzanne Warr

Narrative designer, game designer, author

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