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• Josie Does Stuff

  

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  Posted on 17 August 2019 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Flowers and Castle Improvement

  

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  Posted on 16 August 2019 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• The End of Innocence

  

  N.C. Wyeth - Jodie and the Fluttermill Yesterday at the library, Josie went out to the little playground. There was a group of slightly older kids running and... Read more

  Posted on 15 August 2019 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Time Travel -- Back to 2003

  

  So I've worked my way through the photos on my laptop and can't resist posting some of the highlights. Above is a young Eddie the Cat and below is a scene from... Read more

  Posted on 14 August 2019 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• A Year Ago

  

  I've been trying to reduce the size of my photo files -- delete all the duplicates and near duplicates and otherwise not-worth-saving stuff. I'm working... Read more

  Posted on 13 August 2019 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Wash Day with Josie

  

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  Posted on 12 August 2019 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Two of My Favorite Things

  

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  Posted on 11 August 2019 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Sunrise Surprise

  

  'Just another day in Paradise,' John called to me as I hurried, bleary-eyed in my nightshirt, to the front porch to catch the sunrise. And I did, just barely. Read more

  Posted on 10 August 2019 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• A VERY Big Book

  

  It had been almost forty years since I'd read any Le Guin but I still remembered the enchantment I felt, sailing that amazing archipelago. Read more

  Posted on 09 August 2019 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• One Morning

  

  Yesterday morning, to be precise. The clouds around Barnett Mountain were particularly appealing . . . As was the fancy crimped collar at the base of the green... Read more

  Posted on 08 August 2019 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Immersive Art with Josie

  

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  Posted on 07 August 2019 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Wildllife Observations

  

  Several big frogs make the little pond ring with their twangy music. This lonely young turkey was following a deer. One of our many box turtles What some folks... Read more

  Posted on 06 August 2019 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• What Sort of People . . .?

  

  What sort of people think frequent mass shootings aren't a problem worthy of congressional action? There've been 250 (give or take) so far this year for our poo... Read more

  Posted on 05 August 2019 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Sunday Stroll

  

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  Posted on 04 August 2019 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Figs in the Greenhouse!

  

  Figs are marginal here -- often getting frozen back to the roots. So after some years of hauling a potted fig in and out of the greenhouse, I planted it--in... Read more

  Posted on 03 August 2019 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• The Salt Path by Raynor Winn

  

  When life hands you lemons--go for a walk! The lemonade may come later. Within the space of a few days, fifty-year-old Raynor Winn's husband of thirty-two... Read more

  Posted on 02 August 2019 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• And the Dawn Comes Up Like Thunder . . .

  

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  Posted on 01 August 2019 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Cooking with Josie

  

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  Posted on 31 July 2019 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Guess What I'm Doing

  

  After watching Josie 'cook' for Dolly last week, I thought about ways of extending that play without succumbing to the lure of a little plastic kitchen... Read more

  Posted on 30 July 2019 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• On Writing Dialect -- and About a Bestseller

  

  I just finished reading a book that has been immensely popular--NYT #1 Bestseller! Over a million copies sold!--and I am shaking my head in, not disbelief but... Read more

  Posted on 29 July 2019 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY