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Apex Fire–News From Closer To Home.

The chemical fire burning in Apex (about a 15 min. drive from here) has reminded me that we should get a few things together in an emergency backpack.Â Food, clothes, copies of important documents, that sort of thing. We had such a backpack, or pair of packs, ready to go at one time.Â Unfortuneately, we

Spiders, Schneedlebugs and Gladiators

5OctoberSuzanneWriting

With my Keela story (Voice of the Sea) sent off to WOTF, and Feora (Warrior’s Flame) still quietly cooking inÂ a blackÂ stewpot of no-news (it’s also at WOTF), I’m trying to keep myself busy. So, I have a Ghost Spider flash piece that will go out soon, a quicky Halloween story with a witch and her

The Invisible Car

4OctoberSuzanneSpeculative Science

Just think whatÂ BatmanÂ would give forÂ a car like this.Â Watch your back,Â Doctor Death; laughÂ on that, Penguin; try tracking this,Â Bane!Â The Batmobile nowÂ hasÂ the latest in stealth.

Craft – Motivation

3OctoberSuzanneCrafting Pieces, Martial Arts

Anna dropped to her knees on the mat and placed her fists, first two knuckles only, just out from her shoulder width.Â She crossed her ankles and raised herself on just the toes of her bottom foot into push-up position. One, two, three, four, five, sixÂ . . . she pumped them off quickly, including her

Mathematician Conspiracy

2OctoberSuzanne3 CommentsJust for Laughs, Rumblings

I started my collegeÂ math class today, and learned something, too:Â There is a great math conspiracy bent on making the rest of us look like snivelling fools. Math really isn’t that complicated, so long as you stay in the reasonable levels of practical application.Â Even beyond that I’ve heard it’s not so bad, and hey–how

Homey Crafts

1OctoberSuzanneHome in the Rookery

My daughter talked me into starting a hat for her a couple weeks back.Â She chose a spool of yarn in rainbow hues and we bought a corking round, but I didn’t get far on the project because of course I have very little time to sit quietly and let my hands work. Today we

This Week In Words (10-1-06)

1OctoberSuzanneWriting

Muzzy >adj. 1. Unable to think clearly; confused: she was shivering and her head felt muzzy from sleep. Not thought out clearly; vague: society’s muzzy notion of tolerance. 2. (of a person’s eyes or a visual image) blurred: a slightly muzzy picture. (of a sound) indistinct: the bass and drums are, even on CD, appallingly

WOTF Quarter 3 Entry

30SeptemberSuzanneWriting

At 3:00pm, eastern standard time, I joined the pilgrimage of WOTF hopefuls from all around the world.Â I posted my Keela story (a.k.a. Voice of the Sea) to the Writer’s of the Future Contest. Some may believe the seasons hold sway in the hearts of man, but within the red-eyed world of wannabe proffessional speculative

Craft – Time Dragging Slowly

29SeptemberSuzanneCrafting Pieces

Sharan jumped down the stairs, two at a time, and dodged out the broad front doors.Â She slowed her pace as she skimmed through the crowd of students, then broke into a trot.Â If she could just hurry, if the 3:06 busÂ could be a littleÂ late, sheÂ would still make it.Â She swung round the corner ofÂ a

Fatty Foods Prohibition

28SeptemberSuzanneRumblings, The Human Condition

What with the food banning proposed in NYC andÂ lawsuitsÂ elsewhere, I’m thinking that we’ll soon see ‘speak easies’ for fatty fried foods such as the eternally evil McDonald’s french fries. I can see it now– the dark alley and back door entrance.Â The soft knock and murmured password.Â The hooded, hidden figure shows you to your

Suzanne Warr

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