Vickilane

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• Into November

  

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  Posted on 04 November 2025 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Dear Sir

  

  Dear "Representative" Edwards,Are you enjoying your paid vacation? Living it up while many of your constituents go without pay or food assistance and with the... Read more

  Posted on 03 November 2025 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Living in Middle Earth

  

  Looking at the beauty surrounding us, I sometimes feel like the astronauts who looked back at the beautiful blue ball of Earth and wondered how something so... Read more

  Posted on 02 November 2025 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• The Magus by John Fowles

  

  After reading Fowles's French Lieutenant's Woman, I decided to revisit his The Magus, last read probably thirty or forty years ago. Read more

  Posted on 31 October 2025 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Not Entirely Faded

  

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  Posted on 30 October 2025 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Not Dead Yet

  

  Back in June, I bought three impatiens plants in three small pots. Two were pink and one a deep fuchsia. From these three plants, I've rooted any number of... Read more

  Posted on 29 October 2025 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Fading Glory

  

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  Posted on 28 October 2025 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Choosing a Title (Re-post)

  

  The title of a book, along with its cover, is the writer's first chance to grab a reader's attention and tempt him to pick up the book. Read more

  Posted on 27 October 2025 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Josie's School for Dogs

  

  I made a school for the dogs to teach them how to read and other important stuff. Bailey was the best student. Bob was good for a little while, then he wanted t... Read more

  Posted on 25 October 2025 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Dear Sirs

  

  Where are the adults in the GOP? The president is acting up like a demented toddler--bombing foreign boats without ascertaining their status--before or after th... Read more

  Posted on 24 October 2025 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Misty Autumn

  

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  Posted on 23 October 2025 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Wandering in the Victorian Age

  

  After I finished listening to the very excellent Vanity Fair, I was looking for another nice lengthy book to listen to and decided to get the Audible recording... Read more

  Posted on 22 October 2025 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Her Father's Daughter

  

  Today, after ice cream and some reading and decorating a canvas bag with fabric markers, Josie asked if it was time for videos.Five o' clock is the ordained tim... Read more

  Posted on 21 October 2025 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• On a Day in Autumn

  

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  Posted on 20 October 2025 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Hope

  

  Looking at pictures of the multitudes at the NO KINGS rallies yesterday fills me with hope. Hope for the preservation of our democracy. Hope for a return to... Read more

  Posted on 19 October 2025 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• It Starts Small

  

  It begins with those mostly unregarded local offices--board of education, county clerk, board of elections, etc.And for many years it didn't seem to matter... Read more

  Posted on 18 October 2025 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• The Old Hay Rake

  

  For many years it's been just a nostalgic and photogenic piece of outmoded farm equipment, gently rusting away by our driveway. But there was a... Read more

  Posted on 17 October 2025 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Tick Bite--Lyme Disease?

  

  After almost a month of no ticks on the dogs, I woke up Tuesday morning to discover a small tick, embedded in my thigh. Pulled it off and reminded myself to... Read more

  Posted on 16 October 2025 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Stereotypes? (a Re-post)

  

  Q:Many readers come to your books with preconceived notions of what life/people are like in the south. Do you feel you have to spend more time with character... Read more

  Posted on 15 October 2025 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Morning Light

  

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  Posted on 14 October 2025 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY