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• Turning to Autumn

  

  Though yesterday felt not at all autumnal, I honored today's equinox by banishing the summer blue and white décor in favor of fall colors. Away with the summer... Read more

  Posted on 22 September 2017 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Return to Middlemarch

  

  I've finished it and am glad I read it. I admit to skimming over some especially lengthy bits of narrative but I was captured by the evolving stories of three... Read more

  Posted on 21 September 2017 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Summer Fading Away...

  

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  Posted on 20 September 2017 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Go Play Outside

  

  The balmy weather and golden afternoons we're having just now have put me in mind of childhood days-- when my friends and I would play outside till it was too... Read more

  Posted on 19 September 2017 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Josie's Photo Shoot

  

  On Saturday, one of Justin's friends came out to do a photo shoot with Josie. As always, her staff was on hand. These are my pictures, taken quickly and at a... Read more

  Posted on 18 September 2017 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Holding the Light

  

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  Posted on 17 September 2017 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Time to Plant the Pansies

  

  With the autumnal equinox fast approaching, one of my favorite rituals kicks in -- planting pansies beneath the crepe myrtles in our entryway. Such obliging... Read more

  Posted on 16 September 2017 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Late Summer Seen

  

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  Posted on 15 September 2017 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Letter from Five Characters :Sim's Letter

  

  Sim is the one fictional character amongst the five voices that narrate my novel. He is a young man from East Tennessee who, like many, wants no part of the... Read more

  Posted on 14 September 2017 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Bouncy!

  

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  Posted on 13 September 2017 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Comfort Cooking

  

  What to do on a chilly, rainy day? How about a nice loaf of Praline Pineapple Bread? It warms up the kitchen and it tastes really good with a nice cup of tea.... Read more

  Posted on 12 September 2017 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Will She, Won't She?

  

  I'm writing this Sunday afternoon as we wait to see what impact Irma will have here. At one point it looked as if she was heading right for us; now her path is... Read more

  Posted on 11 September 2017 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Dipping a Cautious Toe into Middlemarch

  

  A while back one of my students from Tampa days (Cindy? Alicia?) posted and article on Facebook that referenced George Eliot's Middlemarch in a positive way. Read more

  Posted on 10 September 2017 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Josie Rocks Purple Levis .

  

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  Posted on 09 September 2017 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• And Also Much Cattle . . .

  

  In the Book of Jonah, that grumpy prophet asks the Lord to smite Nineveh for its sins and the Lord replies: And should not I spare Nineveh, that great city,... Read more

  Posted on 08 September 2017 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• The Graveyard Book

  

  Well, what a pleasant surprise! I've been letting Neil Gaiman read me to sleep at night with his View from the Cheap Seats (I listened to it and blogged about i... Read more

  Posted on 07 September 2017 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Oh, What a Beautiful Morning!

  

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  Posted on 06 September 2017 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Polly's Letter (Letters from Five Characters)

  

  Polly Allen, the wife of the commanding officer of the Confederate unit responsible for what history calls The Shelton Laurel Massacre, is another character I... Read more

  Posted on 05 September 2017 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Starting Her Young

  

  Credit Shane M. After taking me to pick up John from the hospital, Justin returned to his weekend guests and their on-going role playing game. Read more

  Posted on 04 September 2017 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Almost Deja Vu All Over Again

  

  Almost a year ago I was jolting down our road in the back of an ambulance. In the wee hours of Saturday morning, there I was again -- only this time I got to si... Read more

  Posted on 03 September 2017 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY