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• Can't Keep a Strong Girl Down!

  

  She's figured out crawling and is so mobile and quick we had to make a corral with the furniture. Read more

  Posted on 23 January 2018 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Blue Skies

  

  After the bitter cold, snow, and ice of last week, Sunday dawned clear and almost balmy. Time for a little walk. Ah, those Carolina Blue skies! A day like this... Read more

  Posted on 22 January 2018 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Fire and Ice

  

  Some say the world will end in fire,Some say in ice.From what I've tasted of desireI hold with those who favor fire.But if it had to perish twice,I think I... Read more

  Posted on 21 January 2018 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• News of the World

  

  What a fine, perfectly told story! Captain Jefferson Kyle Kidd is an aging veteran of the War of 1812 and the Mexican War. Now, after the Civil War he supports... Read more

  Posted on 20 January 2018 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Mr. D.A. Yoder of LincolnCounty, NC

  

  Our cousin Barb sent me the following, knowing it would interest me. It's a peek at life in NC in the 1800's, told by the great grandfather of one of her... Read more

  Posted on 19 January 2018 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Snow Birds

  

  Yesterday's snowstorm brought the usual crop of birds to our feeder -- cardinals, juncos, red-bellied woodpeckers, blue jays, titmice, etc. Read more

  Posted on 18 January 2018 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• The Curl of a Tail Caught My Eye . . .

  

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  Posted on 17 January 2018 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• A Very Good Read

  

  Some cookbooks make excellent reading. I'm thinking of Marjorie Kinnan Rawling's Cross Creek Cookery, Clementine in the Kitchen by Phineas Beck, and Edna Lewis'... Read more

  Posted on 16 January 2018 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Josie and the CoryCat

  

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  Posted on 15 January 2018 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Nature Red in Fang and Spinneret

  

  In the morning the spider caught the stinkbug on the orchid... ... and spent most of the day wrapping it up . . . By evening the work was complete and spider... Read more

  Posted on 14 January 2018 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Here Comes Another Cold Front

  

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  Posted on 13 January 2018 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Books, Books, Books

  

  Yesterday being rainy and me with a cold, I found myself reorganizing several troublesome drawers and trying to get rid of the accumulation of little notebooks... Read more

  Posted on 12 January 2018 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Word Play

  

  This semester in the Great Smokies Writing Program, I'm offering something different. After hearing from various would-be students that they just didn't have th... Read more

  Posted on 11 January 2018 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Josie's Bad Hair Day

  

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  Posted on 10 January 2018 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Wanted: Fair Witness

  

  When I was taking a required education course at the University of Florida back in 1962, one of our weekly assignments was to observe (through one-way glass)... Read more

  Posted on 09 January 2018 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• In the Bleak Midwinter . . .

  

  ... it's cheering to tend plants and watch them bloom. Read more

  Posted on 08 January 2018 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• We've Missed You on the Frontier

  

  The plangent notes of the bouzouki filled the air in the smoky tavern. Without thinking, I extended my arms and began the traditional knee-dipping Greek dance.... Read more

  Posted on 07 January 2018 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Scavengers' Buffet

  

  Yesterday I visited the compost facility where Justin works, turning garbage from Asheville's finest restaurant into high grade dirt. It's not pretty and even i... Read more

  Posted on 06 January 2018 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• From the Archives -- January 2009

  

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  Posted on 05 January 2018 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• The Essex Serpent

  

  I was beguiled by the cover and the title and happy to find that I loved the story. It reminded me of The French Lieutenant's Woman and, to a lesser degree of... Read more

  Posted on 04 January 2018 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY