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• John C. Campbell Again!

  

  Once again I'll be teaching A Practical Guide to Writing Popular Fiction at John C. Campbell Folk School in Brasstown, NC. A stay at JCC puts you amidst creativ... Read more

  Posted on 02 February 2018 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• A Heartbeat in the Sky . . .

  

  Male Cardinals punctuate the drab winter landscape with exclamation points of bright red. They're here year round but are probably most appreciated just now. Read more

  Posted on 01 February 2018 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Weave

  

  So many ways to weave a basket . . . Read more

  Posted on 31 January 2018 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Where Did These Come From?

  

  Scrolling through my photo archives I came upon this series of pictures from March '09. Color me baffled. They appear to be photographs of a sketchbook -- but... Read more

  Posted on 30 January 2018 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Josie: Fashion Icon

  

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  Posted on 29 January 2018 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• There Is Only One Question

  

  Spring by Mary Oliver Somewhere a black bear has just risen from sleep and is staring down the mountain. All night in the brisk and shallow restlessness of earl... Read more

  Posted on 28 January 2018 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Along the Way

  

  Random things that caught my eye . . . Read more

  Posted on 27 January 2018 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• My Television Habit

  

  After years of watching very little television (when I was writing under contract with deadlines looming,) I have become addicted to a quiet hour or so after... Read more

  Posted on 26 January 2018 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Forty! Already?

  

  Justin . . . it's hard to believe we've had the pleasure of your company for forty years. We are immensely proud of you. You've always been fun to talk to... Read more

  Posted on 25 January 2018 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• If I Were Going . . .

  

  I might pedal in stately style, sitting high and oh-so-correctly attired. . . pausing at tea time for a cup of Darjeeling and, perhaps, a scone. Or . . . perhap... Read more

  Posted on 24 January 2018 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• 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