Vickilane

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• Looking East

  

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  Posted on 04 May 2025 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• A Very Strange Novel

  

  Like drowning in Poison (the perfume,) one review read. Another compared the reading experience to the intoxication of sniffing nail polish remover. Read more

  Posted on 03 May 2025 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Cows Don't Worry

  

  I'm reminded of the old question: Would you rather be a satisfied pig or a dissatisfied philosopher?These days, a bovine imperturbabilty seems a bit enviable.Bu... Read more

  Posted on 02 May 2025 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Dear Sir

  

  Dear Sen./Rep.______ ,A hundred days.In which we've seen economic chaos with on again off again tariffs, Greenland and Canada's sovereignty threatened, Putin... Read more

  Posted on 30 April 2025 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• And the Iris

  

  The way the iris catch the morning sun always feels like a special Read more

  Posted on 29 April 2025 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Heretic

  

  The word heretic comes from the Greek, originally meaning choosing or chosen. Nixey's fascinating book details the multiple choices available in ancient... Read more

  Posted on 28 April 2025 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Almost Eight Years Ago

  

  Hard to believe this cherub is almost eight (going on twenty seven.)Once again, the following group of pics showed up backwards and will make more sense if you... Read more

  Posted on 27 April 2025 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• A Prospective Reader

  

  Came across this in a file I kept of fan mail. I had to tell her that books weren't for her.I was reminded also of a student I once had in a writing workshop wh... Read more

  Posted on 26 April 2025 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Silence

  

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  Posted on 25 April 2025 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• This and the Other

  

  A beautiful hydrangea a friend brought to the party. When it finishes blooming, we'll plant it down at the party site.My snake has moved to the planter by the... Read more

  Posted on 24 April 2025 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Coincidence

  

  There is,of course, no reason to link the death of the Pope to the visit paid him by JD Vance just hours before the sad event. Read more

  Posted on 23 April 2025 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• As If Democracy..

  

  My son Ethan brought this quote from Mick Herron's BAD ACTORS to my attention."Keyboards were weaponized, trolls emerged from under bridges, and somewhere... Read more

  Posted on 22 April 2025 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• The Party

  

  It was a perfect day, full of happy kids and lots of food and friends,old and new.For some reason, my pictures loaded backward so if you want to see the party a... Read more

  Posted on 21 April 2025 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Bluebells and Ramps

  

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  Posted on 19 April 2025 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Getting Ready

  

  It's upon us once more. The Easter Party has us scurrying to get ready. When I say us, it's mainly Justin and Claui and John. I did a bit of shopping and will b... Read more

  Posted on 18 April 2025 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Mostly Green

  

  After the greys and browns of winter, the bright yellows and purples of spring bulbs were a delight. But the tidal wave of green that surrounds us now is balm t... Read more

  Posted on 17 April 2025 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Disappeared

  

  Dear Sen./Rep. _________,I write in astonishment, that the GOP appears to back their president's flouting of the law as well as his apparent determination to... Read more

  Posted on 16 April 2025 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Tax Day--But Not in NC

  

  I was delighted to learn that all of NE, because of Helene, does not have to send in taxes till May 1. I'd been prepared to make a last minute dash to our tax... Read more

  Posted on 15 April 2025 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Pollinators!

  

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  Posted on 14 April 2025 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• The Businessman and the Broom

  

  I've been asked if I've ever received any responses to my letters to my congressmen. Yes, all fairly generic. Rep. Chuck Edwards responded recently to one of... Read more

  Posted on 13 April 2025 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY