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• Recent Reading

  

  A friend came to visit and passed on some books for our perusal. I know I read A Passage to India back in my days as an English major but it's been a while . . ... Read more

  Posted on 26 September 2018 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• A Noiseless Patient Spider

  

  By Walt Whitman A noiseless patient spider, I mark’d where on a little promontory it stood isolated, Mark’d how to explore the vacant vast surrounding, It... Read more

  Posted on 25 September 2018 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• And It Was All Downhill the Rest of the Day . . .

  

  The morning began well but then the cold I've been fighting off blossomed into full, streaming glory. As I write this Sunday evening, I'm sipping rum and lemon... Read more

  Posted on 24 September 2018 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Praying Mantis Seeking Prey

  

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  Posted on 23 September 2018 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Equinox -- The Great Wheel Turns

  

  And what a pleasure to see a sunrise, unblocked by trees! We face due east and I've always enjoyed following the sun's course during the year. Read more

  Posted on 22 September 2018 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Moments of Magic

  

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  Posted on 21 September 2018 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• The Mexican Cane

  

  Josie picked this old cane from the crockery churn in the mud room where we keep umbrellas and walking sticks and, as she practiced walking with it, I was... Read more

  Posted on 20 September 2018 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Here and There September

  

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  Posted on 19 September 2018 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Misquoting Jesus

  

  Now and then I take a break from my rigorous schedule of reading fiction and force myself into something a little weightier. While I was immersed in devouring... Read more

  Posted on 18 September 2018 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• The Joy of a Gentle Rain. . .

  

  After passing a wakeful Saturday night listening for the first sounds of rain and wind and wondering if I should have taken the pots of flowers off the porch... Read more

  Posted on 17 September 2018 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Josie and Her Boy Cousins

  

  Josie was thrilled to have an overnight visit from three cousins. She thinks it would be nice if they came to the farm every day. These guys are the children... Read more

  Posted on 16 September 2018 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• A Beautiful Day -- So Far, So Good

  

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  Posted on 15 September 2018 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Revisiting The Day of Small Things

  

  Last night I spoke to a MLAS class at UNC- Asheville. What is a MLAS class? I didn't know either but I looked it up. Masters of Liberal Arts and Sciences is "a... Read more

  Posted on 14 September 2018 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• From the Archives -- September 2013

  

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  Posted on 13 September 2018 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Eye on the Sky

  

  With Hurricane Florence churning her way toward the coast of the Carolinas and the projections showing her influence reaching as far as our mountains,... Read more

  Posted on 12 September 2018 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Intimations of Autumn

  

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  Posted on 11 September 2018 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• There Is Always So Much To Do - Josie

  

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  Posted on 10 September 2018 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Anticipation

  

  All Night by Lisel Mueller All night the knot in the shoelace waits for its liberation, and the match on the table packs its head with anticipation of light. Read more

  Posted on 09 September 2018 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Morning Glories

  

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  Posted on 08 September 2018 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Sunrisesunrisesunrisesunrsesunrisesunrise . . .

  

  The show begins a little after seven . . . I took forty-two pictures but have restrained myself from posting them all. Some are a little scary. One has a spider... Read more

  Posted on 07 September 2018 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY