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• 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

• Child Development --a Poem by Billy Collins

  

  As sure as prehistoric fish grew legsand sauntered off the beaches into forestsworking up some irregular verbs for theirfirst conversation, so three-year-old... Read more

  Posted on 28 July 2019 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• At the Pond

  

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  Posted on 27 July 2019 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Arrgh!

  

  I can't help it. As a onetime English major and teacher of the same and as a writer, teacher, and sometime editor, I can't not notice errors in writing. And... Read more

  Posted on 26 July 2019 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Yet More Flora and Fauna

  

  I'd hoped that the Heavenly Blue morning glories and the Moonflowers I grew last year had re-seeded but only the seemingly deathless purple ones are back. And... Read more

  Posted on 25 July 2019 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• The Beginning of Let's Pretend

  

  When I took Josie to the library last week, I could see how ready she was to play with other kids. My plan was to take her again yesterday but it rained and... Read more

  Posted on 24 July 2019 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• July Flora and Fauna

  

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  Posted on 23 July 2019 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Josie at the Library

  

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  Posted on 22 July 2019 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Compassion

  

  Compassion is the radicalism of our time. The Dalai Lama Read more

  Posted on 21 July 2019 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Heat Wave . .

  

  When I got dressed yesterday morning, I found myself picking up my earrings then putting them back, thinking, Nah, it's too hot for earrings today. Read more

  Posted on 20 July 2019 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Foxgloves, Day Lilies, Roses, and Dill. And a Tomato

  

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  Posted on 19 July 2019 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Swimming Between Worlds and A Different Sun

  

  Tacker Hart is the swimmer and one world is Nigeria, where, as a member of an architectural team, he has embraced the rich culture and has been welcomed by the... Read more

  Posted on 18 July 2019 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Josie's Back

  

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  Posted on 17 July 2019 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• American Judas by Mickey Dubrow

  

  It can’t happen here – or is it? Ten years after the CHRIST (Christian Households Rising in Support of Truth) Act became law, the USA is at last what the... Read more

  Posted on 16 July 2019 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• There Should Have Been Music

  

  Early morning on the parkway . . . and long shafts of light filter through the fog-bound trees. I stopped and waited for a Voice to speak . . . or for music to... Read more

  Posted on 15 July 2019 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Return from Wildacres

  

  Back from the Magic Mountain to my own home mountain -- which has plenty of its own magic. It was a terrific week with a great class and lots of inspiring... Read more

  Posted on 14 July 2019 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY