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• Autumn is Tip-toeing In

  

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  Posted on 09 October 2019 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Waiting for Rain . . .

  

  After several months of no rain, we were promised relief. A cloudy morning made us hopeful. By mid afternoon, the radar showed rain upon us. I could see it... Read more

  Posted on 08 October 2019 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• The Overstory by Richard Powers

  

  This is a magnificent, important, necessary book. My book-pusher friend Marianna lent it to me and by the time I was halfway through, I realized I would want... Read more

  Posted on 07 October 2019 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Bugtussle--A Repost from Ten Years Ago

  

  Bugtussle -- there's one in Alabama. Also Oklahoma, Kentucky, Texas, and Tennessee. All small towns. And there were several real bug tussles going on amid the... Read more

  Posted on 06 October 2019 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Moving Into Fall

  

  With Josie's 'help' yesterday, I began putting away the summer blue and white stuff and bringing out my fall tchotchkes. It doesn't feel like fall but it's... Read more

  Posted on 05 October 2019 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Feeling Colorless

  

  Nothing that some rain--and 45*'s resignation or implosion wouldn't cure... Read more

  Posted on 04 October 2019 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Josie and the Terrible Twos

  

  I am Josie. Sometimes I am oppositional. Like when Meema said I was doing a good job using my spoon. So I had to eat the rest of my yogurt with the little end o... Read more

  Posted on 03 October 2019 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Another Sunrise . . . Another Whistleblower

  

  The Orange Embarrassment's unfitness for office--any public office--has been obvious from long before he began his rise to power. Read more

  Posted on 02 October 2019 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Josie and Another Busy Day

  

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  Posted on 01 October 2019 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Autumn Crocus

  

  Looking forward to the saffron harvest . . . Read more

  Posted on 30 September 2019 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• A Family Heirloom . . . and a Memory

  

  Josie loves her Peter Rabbit quilt. I pulled it out of the linen closet where it's been waiting since her daddy outgrew it. Full disclosure: the above is not... Read more

  Posted on 29 September 2019 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• What Is It?

  

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  Posted on 28 September 2019 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• In Medias Res

  

  (Latin: in the middle of things) is the literary term for beginning a story by jumping right in to a defining moment that relates to past and future events --... Read more

  Posted on 27 September 2019 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Public Service Announcement from Josie

  

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  Posted on 26 September 2019 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• At Last!

  

  The news that the House will open an inquiry into impeachment proceedings against 45 is as welcome as rain on parched earth. The arrogant Twitter-thumbed buffoo... Read more

  Posted on 25 September 2019 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Falling Into It

  

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  Posted on 24 September 2019 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Autumnal Equinox

  

  The seasons turn and the sun heads South . . . I'm sorry to see the approaching end of fresh local peaches and tomatoes as well as my little porch garden. But... Read more

  Posted on 23 September 2019 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Josie Has a Big Girl Bed--and Autonomy

  

  When Josie climbed out of her bed last week, we bowed to the inevitable and John installed the side rail, converting the crib to a 'youth bed.' Josie was elated. Read more

  Posted on 22 September 2019 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Three Fawns

  

  Really, there are three -- I just didn't manage to get them in one shot. They've been roaming round this hillside for a week now. I fear they may have been... Read more

  Posted on 21 September 2019 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Floating . . .

  

  Floating Between earth and sky Ancient mountains remember A time without man. They have seen him come, Death in his every footstep, They will see him go. Patien... Read more

  Posted on 20 September 2019 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY