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• 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

• Happy Thanksgiving!

  

  And may you have a comfy chair awaiting you after the feast! Friends and family are gathering here today. I'm doing the turkey, gravy, dressing, rolls, pumpkin... Read more

  Posted on 23 November 2017 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Begging the Question

  

  Recently I was helping a friend with a manuscript she was preparing and she had used the phrase "begs the question" -- but it didn't sound right, not in that... Read more

  Posted on 22 November 2017 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Flowers in Late November

  

  The pansies and violas will persist throughout the winter (if nothing don't happen) but this is the roses' last hurrah. Read more

  Posted on 21 November 2017 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Milestone!

  

  For the past few weeks, Josie has been very interested in this eating thing she sees her family doing. She's watched us and moved her mouth as if she were... Read more

  Posted on 20 November 2017 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Lights in Dark Places

  

  The glory of full Autumn is past but a few trees are still holding to their bright leaves -- and they are spectacular as they flare up amidst the gray trunks an... Read more

  Posted on 19 November 2017 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• On the Way

  

  Sometimes I take a slightly different route to the grocery store . . . wild and crazy me! Read more

  Posted on 18 November 2017 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Dream Houses

  

  I could live in a cottage by a brook With a tiny bridge and a winding path, Green door and shutters beneath a curving tile roof, And wake to the beat of swans'... Read more

  Posted on 17 November 2017 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Looking East

  

  Always a delight . . . Read more

  Posted on 16 November 2017 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• I Am 6 Months Old!

  

  Josie and her parents were at the beach last week. How much she has changed in that short time! Much more vocal, much more interested in her surroundings,... Read more

  Posted on 15 November 2017 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• The Kittehs Work On Their Life List

  

  A rare sighting at the bedroom window . . . Read more

  Posted on 14 November 2017 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY