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• Josie and Her Bird Books

  

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  Posted on 04 February 2019 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Sunrise . . .and Pink Clouds

  

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  Posted on 03 February 2019 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Tacky -- What's in a Word?

  

  When corresponding recently with a friend regarding amaryllis, I mentioned that, growing up in Florida where a neighbor had a whole straggling hedge-like row... Read more

  Posted on 02 February 2019 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• At The Asheville School

  

  First night of a 15 week critique workshop . . . off we go! Read more

  Posted on 01 February 2019 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• A Gentleman in Moscow

  

  What an absolute joy this book is! It had been languishing on the TBR pile since a friend left it for me months ago. I'm not usually a fan of books about... Read more

  Posted on 31 January 2019 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• First the Primrose, Then . . .

  

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  Posted on 30 January 2019 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Primrose Promise

  

  Primroses always say Spring to me. And though it's still January and snow is in the forecast, this bright little flower and the hopeful green of its leaves are... Read more

  Posted on 29 January 2019 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Miss Birdie and the Power of Prayer

  

  Why, look who’s here! How glad I am to see you on this sorry day. Come on in, honey and git you a chair. Let me turn that TV off—it ain’t doing one thing but... Read more

  Posted on 28 January 2019 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Mostly Barns

  

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  Posted on 27 January 2019 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• A Good Day

  

  It was a very good day: waking to the news of Roger Stone's arrest (and his Nixon tattoo too -- really, what was he thinking?) Then came 45*'s concession... Read more

  Posted on 26 January 2019 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Shhh-- We're Bird Watching

  

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  Posted on 25 January 2019 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• My Zen Garden . .

  

  I dreamed of white sand Raked in watery ripples, Embracing black stones. Awaking, I found Winter, that sly old Zen monk, At work in my pond. Read more

  Posted on 24 January 2019 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Josie Dances -- Bob Eats

  

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  Posted on 23 January 2019 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Asheville

  

  In Asheville for a faculty reading at Malaprop's on Sunday, I couldn't resist the view from the parking garage. I love peeking into these lives . . . (and... Read more

  Posted on 22 January 2019 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• On the Night of the Super Wolf Blood Moon Eclipse

  

  Around 6 -- the temperature is in the teens . . . and there are lots of clouds . . . I wonder how this image happened? There's a full eclipse coming and the moo... Read more

  Posted on 21 January 2019 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Fading Beauty . . .

  

  For almost a month the amaryllis have bloomed and bloomed -- thirteen blossoms on three stems -- and now they are fading. Delicate petal edges crumple inward an... Read more

  Posted on 20 January 2019 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Another Cold Wet Day with Josie

  

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  Posted on 19 January 2019 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Mary Oliver -- Rest in Peace

  

  She has left us so much . . . Last Night the Rain Spoke to Me by Mary Oliver Last night the rain spoke to me slowly, saying, what joy to come falling out of... Read more

  Posted on 18 January 2019 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Water Like a Stone

  

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  Posted on 17 January 2019 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• The Miniaturist

  

  The premise is fascinating -- a young woman married to a wealthy man she hardy knows, a man who will not consummate the marriage, who shrinks from her touch. Read more

  Posted on 16 January 2019 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY