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• A Fragrant Surprise

  

  "What is that amazing smell?" I asked John. We were enjoying a pre-supper adult beverage on the porch when a wonderful exotic perfume caught my attention. I... Read more

  Posted on 28 June 2026 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Listen to the Flowers

  

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  Posted on 27 June 2026 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• The Insidious Dr. Fu Manchu and Grace Harlowe

  

  Working on the bookshelves in the loft above the living room and came up on some real treasures. I have always been drawn to old books--mainly the sort my... Read more

  Posted on 26 June 2026 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Ozzie and Harriet

  

  This is what John and I always think of as an Ozzie and Harriet sort of meal--all-American, no frills. Meatloaf, corn on the cob, green beans--and salad,... Read more

  Posted on 25 June 2026 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Fooled

  

  Note to self: not every red bird in those trees below our front yard is a scarlet tanager.I was so excited, thinking to repeat the good luck of the day before. Read more

  Posted on 24 June 2026 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Dear Sirs

  

  As your president continues to obsess over the disaster that was the Reflecting Pool, he has deployed the National Guard to protect it from the vandals that... Read more

  Posted on 23 June 2026 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Stalking the Elusive Scarlet Tanager

  

  I am so excited! Chuffed, as the Brits would say. For years we've seen Scarlet Tanagers flitting around in the distance, but this is the first time I've... Read more

  Posted on 22 June 2026 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Blessed Summer Solstice

  

  After great sorrow,After hateful words and deeds,Our sun still rises;Flowers still unfold;Fruits still ripen in the sun And the Great Wheel turns . . . Read more

  Posted on 21 June 2026 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Wisdom for the Aged from Lolly Willowes

  

  I continue to move through the house, thinning out a bookshelf here, a drawer there. As I was reading Sylvia Townsend Warner's Lolly Willowes, one passage reall... Read more

  Posted on 20 June 2026 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Empty Bowl Blues

  

  I got those empty bowl blues . . .Yeah, those empty bowl blues . . .Standin' here with nothing to lose.The Woman ate it all up . . .I say, she ate it all up .... Read more

  Posted on 19 June 2026 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Lest We Forget

  

  We find their beautiful spear heads and points as well as fragments of stone tools in our fields, just as we find remnants of those who supplanted them. Read more

  Posted on 18 June 2026 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Wordless

  

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  Posted on 17 June 2026 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• The English Patient

  

  In my recent reorganizing of bookshelves in my workroom, I came across this unread copy of best-selling, made-into-a-movie, Booker Prize winning The English... Read more

  Posted on 16 June 2026 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Marked Safe from the Cage Match

  

  ... and enjoying a peaceful view Read more

  Posted on 15 June 2026 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Bread and Circuses

  

  'That was how the Roman emperors kept the population happy--free bread and gladiatorial contests. It worked for a while.And here we are, a couple of thousand... Read more

  Posted on 14 June 2026 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Hot, Hot Day

  

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  Posted on 13 June 2026 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Painting Day

  

  My painting buddy Louise came over yesterday. She is working on an amazing project--about which I'm not at liberty to say more or show any. She is always an... Read more

  Posted on 12 June 2026 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Almost Summer

  

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  Posted on 11 June 2026 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Recently Read

  A novel without a plot or a protagonist, STW's The Corner That Held Them is an absorbing account of the daily comings and goings at an English Benedictine... Read more

  Posted on 10 June 2026 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Josie's To Do List

  

  A day with Meema. First of all she made a To Do list.1. Organize Castle People2. Draw3. Eat lunch4. Tablet time5. Paint6. Play cards7. Read8. Brush the dog9.... Read more

  Posted on 09 June 2026 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY