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• Selling the Broom

  

  A re-post -- Christmas prep has a stranglehold on me just now. Some years ago, John was talking with a local store owner -- a man who also owned a great deal... Read more

  Posted on 13 December 2017 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Gone Awry

  

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  Posted on 12 December 2017 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Deck the Halls

  

  Can't believe I didn't get a picture of the young uns decorating the tree . . . It's almost done -- Tomorrow I'll add the icicles and snowflakes and candy... Read more

  Posted on 11 December 2017 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• And the Skies Began to Clear

  

  Saturday morning the snow was still falling and we had around ten inches. By afternoon, however, the sun burned through the mists and we had a peek of blue... Read more

  Posted on 10 December 2017 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• No Accumulation . . .

  

  No accumulation is what They said. It was snowing when I woke up yesterday and still snowing at noon. A good day to work on the to do list. I'm going ahead and... Read more

  Posted on 09 December 2017 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Yuletide Work in Progress

  

  Pecking away at my list. Heart ornaments for our tree and for Josie's parents and her other grandparents . . . And a stocking under construction -- to be hung b... Read more

  Posted on 08 December 2017 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Yikes! Christmas is Coming!

  

  Some folks are all ready for the holidays. Not me. I woke up the other morning thinking about all the things I wanted to get done and haven't. Most of the... Read more

  Posted on 07 December 2017 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• From the Archives -- Random Stuff

  

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  Posted on 06 December 2017 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Josie and the Oral Stage

  

  These days, Josie's reaction to anything new is to put her mouth on it -- the tile floor, the cat, the playpen sides . . . Read more

  Posted on 05 December 2017 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• A Busy Mind

  

  I didn't want it to be busy. But I'd made the mistake of drinking coffee after dinner -- that after several months of very little caffeine -- and I was wide... Read more

  Posted on 04 December 2017 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• The Monster

  

  Senate Republicans have passed a Frankenstein's monster of a tax bill, hastily stitched together at the last minute -- so hastily that I doubt any of them had... Read more

  Posted on 03 December 2017 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Sanctuary?

  

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  Posted on 02 December 2017 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Where In (Or Out Of) the World?

  

  As Commander Gordon guided the little craft between the Scylla of the polar vortices and the Charybdis of the equatorial winds, we were dazzled by our first vie... Read more

  Posted on 01 December 2017 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• J.b.

  

  A few days ago, when I posted about re-reading Good Omens, my Facebook friend Jayna pointed out its similarity to J.B., the Pulitzer Prize winning play by... Read more

  Posted on 30 November 2017 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Cat-Sun-Shadow

  

  Not that she requires additional ornamentation . . . Read more

  Posted on 29 November 2017 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Josie and Whirled Peas

  

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  Posted on 28 November 2017 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Reading

  

  Carol Shields was a wonderful writer -- illuminating all the corners of quiet, unregarded lives. I wrote about The Stone Diaries some time ago and have just... Read more

  Posted on 27 November 2017 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Evergreenss Light Up the Dark Season

  

  When we built our house on a bare slope that had been a tobacco patch, I was eager to get some landscaping around it. Having little money and not much... Read more

  Posted on 26 November 2017 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• A Quiet Saturday

  

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  Posted on 25 November 2017 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• The Feast

  

  It was a fine feast and I completely neglected to take pictures of the amazing food. The rolls were good but a lot of trouble and not the acme of perfection tha... Read more

  Posted on 24 November 2017 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY