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Blogging Birthday Number Two

29AugustSuzanneBlogging, Home in the Rookery

Seriously, when I started this thing, I wasn’t sure I’d last two months, let alone two years.Â But the habit’s grown on me, and I don’t think I’ve gone for more than a week or twoÂ at a time without blogging, even when life threw upÂ its spinach salsa and pickled eggs all over me.Â Been noticing

When The Ninjas Get it Right

25AugustSuzanne4 CommentsJust for Laughs, Martial Arts

You might be wondering how I’m managing to blogÂ on ourÂ moving day, and the answer would be— I’m a Ninja! Okay, not even a wanna-be.Â But I am a fan of Ask a Ninja, and someday I plan to send in a question.Â Right after I get my six foot plot of earthÂ picked out and and

A bit of this, a bit of that, and some of the other, too

22AugustSuzanneHome in the Rookery, Just for Laughs

Okay, so Plainbellied tagged me, and I figure that’s as good a reason as any to catch up the plog, whoops, I mean blog.Â We’ll get to plogs some other time. The rules are: List the rules.Â Then list three: joys, fears, goals, obsessions, facts.Â I guess someone likes three…except that I’m then supposed to

WorldCon Remainder

18AugustSuzanne5 CommentsNewsy Bits About Writing and Writers, Writing

I really should make this several nice, long, chatty blogs…but, ya know, life is moving on and I’m moving on with it.Â So you’ll get the crammed, somewhat shorter version.Â And my graduation report?Â It’ll probably be even more crammed and tardy as well. The rest of WorldCon was great, though a bit blurred.Â We

Days 1 and 2 of WorldCon 2008

7AugustSuzanneNewsy Bits About Writing and Writers

I was swaying on my feet by the end of the day, so this will be shorter than it should be.Â Yesterday (Wednesday) we caught a couple panels after registering, and I thoroughly enjoyed the one on writing a good query letter, offered by Kristen Nelson.Â She was upbeat and funny while being very informative.Â

Tossed Travel with no Dressing on the Side

6AugustSuzanne2 CommentsHome in the Rookery, Writing

Yesterday was one of those days when it’s hard to tell if your life isÂ cursed or blessed.Â On the one hand, we just caught our first flight despite longer lines than expected for 6:00 in the morning, and were on one of the last flights allowed to take off for Houston, landing site of wanna-be

Gene Wolfe Tribute to Tolkien

3AugustSuzanne2 CommentsHome in the Rookery

Amongst my ealiest memories, way back in the hazy parts of my brain where the memories are a gathering of senses rather than a sharp image, I recall my mother reading from Tolkien. We would begin each day gathered around her, often still cuddled in a blanket, while she read from the scriptures and then

Underwater Torch

2AugustSuzanneReef Tank

This is the latest addition to our reef tank.Â Though, of course, the picture doesn’t do it justice.Â It’s an absolutely stunning teal green torchÂ coral,Â which we’ve decided to call the Tumtum tree. 😉 In the bottom left-hand corner you can also see a purple mushroom we transplanted a few weeks back.Â The mushroom’s beenÂ interesting becauseÂ it

Deep Breath

31JulySuzanneUncategorized

With the back-to-back trips coming up, I’ve had to remind myself to breath.Â At times like this, a few stolen minutes outdoors go a long way toward restoring sanity, so we dodged over to Jordan Lake the other evening. This was the king-daddy toad, one of many to hop across our path. And this is

Trinocon Highlights and WorldCon Clothes

28JulySuzanneNewsy Bits About Writing and Writers, Writing

The pieces fell into place at the last minute for us to attend Trinocon, so we scooted over there and enjoyed our first relaxacon.Â We made a pretty full day of it, with lots of good panels, but my favorite panel would have to be the world building one in which we, the audience, got

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