Tunneling to the Wild Side
One of the perks of being a novelist is that I can go exploring and call it research. I need to research a lot of things. For a decade, I...
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suzannenorquist
- May 8, 2019
- 3 min
How Small Is A Small Town?
“I grew up in a small town of 100,000 people.” That’s what a Chinese co-worker told me as I complained about squeezing onto a crowded...
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suzannenorquist
- May 1, 2019
- 2 min
Love Your Coffee? Thank A Baby Goat
That’s right. Legend has it that goats played a primary role in the discovery of coffee. Not necessarily baby goats, but it could have...
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suzannenorquist
- Apr 24, 2019
- 2 min
Fifteen Years to Overnight Success
Success never happens overnight, no matter how much I imagine it does. Reality competitions like the Idol shows and the Talent shows...
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suzannenorquist
- Apr 17, 2019
- 2 min
Historic Social Media Tidbits
It’s been a while since I’ve posted fun tidbits from historic Colorado newspapers. My daughter/blog editor pointed this out. I’d almost...
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suzannenorquist
- Apr 10, 2019
- 2 min
Supermom in the Land of Mañana
Supermom. That was me. In fact, it was all the women in my social circle. We worked, raised kids, hosted birthday parties, volunteered at...
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suzannenorquist
- Apr 3, 2019
- 2 min
Drying My Hair With Vacuum Exhaust
As I researched inventions of the 1920’s, I learned that before hair dryers were invented, women used the exhaust end of the vacuum...
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suzannenorquist
- Mar 27, 2019
- 2 min
My First Piano Recital –The Little Kids And Me
Last month I performed in my very first piano recital—the little kids and me. I knew what to expect because my daughter took piano...
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suzannenorquist
- Mar 20, 2019
- 2 min
Cake For Breakfast
If I want to give my husband a treat, I cook eggs and sausage for dinner. Breakfast-for-dinner has always been a favorite for my family....
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suzannenorquist
- Mar 13, 2019
- 2 min
I Love A Party
. . . product party, that is. A friend from church invited me to her essential oils party. My reply, “I don’t know anything about...
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suzannenorquist
- Mar 6, 2019
- 2 min
I’ll Take The Modest Hotel
Modestly priced hotels usually include hot breakfast, free wi-fi, parking, and an onsite, coin-op washing machine. Why do the fancy...
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suzannenorquist
- Feb 27, 2019
- 2 min
Glad To Be Replaced By Technology
In recent times technology has replaced people in the performance of mundane tasks, and I’m glad for it. I don’t want to do those jobs...
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suzannenorquist
- Feb 20, 2019
- 2 min
Not More Laundry!
Every day there’s another set of dirty clothes. It never ends. As a working mom, I developed my own laundry strategies. My mother...
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suzannenorquist
- Feb 13, 2019
- 2 min
It Takes A Year
They say you should date someone for a year before you marry them. See what they’re like through all the seasons, holidays, and moods. It...
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suzannenorquist
- Feb 6, 2019
- 2 min
Going Old School with Amazon
I love modern life where I can order anything on Amazon. I mean anything. But Amazon’s just a catalog company, and catalog shopping has...
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suzannenorquist
- Jan 30, 2019
- 2 min
Don’t Get Rid Of That Tiny Ketchup Packet
The other night at supper, we ran out of hot sauce. My husband said, “That’s okay. We have the leftover packets from Taco Bell.” After...
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suzannenorquist
- Jan 23, 2019
- 2 min
What Is It About Gardens?
I love parks and gardens, although I’m not patient enough to grow flowers or vegetables myself. I gave up on indoor plants years ago,...
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suzannenorquist
- Jan 16, 2019
- 2 min
Historical Research – Not For The Fainthearted
Research is part of the fun in writing historical novels. For me it’s often an excuse to go on a rabbit trail—in other words, “squirrel!”...
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suzannenorquist
- Jan 9, 2019
- 2 min
Deja Vu In A Foreign Land
As I stood in the Christmas decorating section of Target looking for replacement light bulbs, a sense of deja vu washed over me. But,...
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suzannenorquist
- Jan 2, 2019
- 2 min
Living Large at the Laundromat
Due to unexpected circumstances, I spent a day at the laundromat near my daughter’s apartment in Philadelphia. Not in the suburbs, but in...
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