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• Josie Gets Tough

  

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  Posted on 05 March 2018 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Moonrise

  

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  Posted on 04 March 2018 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• One Would Think It Was Spring

  

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  Posted on 03 March 2018 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Three Books

  

  How can you resist a line like "She called for her fiancé and told him not to take on so, and that they would still be married, even if he was but a prince and... Read more

  Posted on 02 March 2018 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Mixed Bag

  

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  Posted on 01 March 2018 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• It WASN'T My Imagination!

  

  Mystery solved! Last week I told you that when I looked at the picture above of the door on the building where I meet my classes, I had a sudden and strong... Read more

  Posted on 28 February 2018 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• A Week on the Magic Mountain

  

  Come July 7, I'll be leading a critique workshop at Wildacres -- aka The Magic Mountain. It's a week of learning and having fun with your fellow writers -- all... Read more

  Posted on 27 February 2018 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Cue the Sexy Music

  

  Star Magnolia, Forsythia, and Black Pussy Willow are putting on a show just now. Yikes, just realized those could all be strippers. (Hurries to change title... Read more

  Posted on 26 February 2018 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Make Way for the Kids

  

  Come senators, congressmen Please heed the call Don't stand in the doorway Don't block up the hall For he that gets hurt Will be he who has stalled There's a... Read more

  Posted on 25 February 2018 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Ah . . . Spring Stirrrings

  

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  Posted on 24 February 2018 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• In and Out with Josie

  

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  Posted on 23 February 2018 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Arming Teachers? Really?

  

  It's painful to watch those beholden to the NRA twist and squirm in order to avoid talking gun control. The proposal to arm teachers ( more gun sales!) is the... Read more

  Posted on 22 February 2018 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Palimpsest

  

  The building I'm meeting my classes in this semester is in Asheville's Arts District. It was formerly a feed and seed warehouse but it's been converted to... Read more

  Posted on 21 February 2018 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Meditation

  

  I try to make time every Sunday for my little collection of orchids. I sit at the dining table in the morning with the sun pouring in and give each one a dose o... Read more

  Posted on 20 February 2018 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• I've Got a Little List . . .

  

  Can't march . . . can't walk out of school . . . Can write postcards. Read more

  Posted on 19 February 2018 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Early Morning

  

  Why I Wake Early by Mary Oliver Hello, sun in my face.Hello, you who made the morningand spread it over the fieldsand into the faces of the tulipsand the noddin... Read more

  Posted on 18 February 2018 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Again . . .

  

  Again and again it happens . . . A massacre in a school . . . children murdered. And politicians send thoughts and prayers While taking blood money from the... Read more

  Posted on 17 February 2018 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Stirrings . . .

  

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  Posted on 16 February 2018 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Reporting Back . . .

  

  Since I talked (HERE) about reading/re-reading some long overlooked books before getting rid of them, I've actually been doing just that -- and what a pleasant... Read more

  Posted on 15 February 2018 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Household Bugs

  

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  Posted on 13 February 2018 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY