Vickilane

LATEST ARTICLES ( 4509 )

• 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

  

  Read more

  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

  

  Read more

  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 . . .

  

  Read more

  Posted on 01 August 2019 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Cooking with Josie

  

  Read more

  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

  

  Read more

  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

  

  Read more

  Posted on 23 July 2019 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Josie at the Library

  

  Read more

  Posted on 22 July 2019 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY