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• 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

• September Gallimaufry

  

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  Posted on 02 September 2017 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• If I Were Going . . .For Dummies

  

  So, we're bound for the headwaters of the Mississippi, in the Magical Red Car that holds an infinite number of adventurers. Merisi is riding shotgun (and keepin... Read more

  Posted on 01 September 2017 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• All Day Josie

  

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  Posted on 31 August 2017 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Bingeing on Rumer Godden

  

  Oh, what joy! Looking for something to read, I realized that there on the bookshelf beside my much-read copy of Rumer Godden's In This House of Brede, was a... Read more

  Posted on 30 August 2017 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• He's the King of the Castle

  

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  Posted on 29 August 2017 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Marthy's Letter

  

  Unknown Back to the letters I had my characters write me., telling me what to say in the novel. We've heard from Judy and from Col. Keith. This is Marthy's... Read more

  Posted on 28 August 2017 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• It Cauught My Eye...

  

  . . . as I drove by. Fortunately, I was at a red light. And fortunately my camera was on the seat beside me. I'm not sure why I loved seeing this flashy red... Read more

  Posted on 27 August 2017 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Writing Is A Lonely Business . . .

  

  But critique requires company. There is still room in the 15 week critique workshop I will be leading beginning next week. If you are a writer in the Asheville... Read more

  Posted on 26 August 2017 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Late August Is . . .

  

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  Posted on 25 August 2017 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Friends, Old and New

  

  My life runs on rather predictable lines, these days, but now and then I'm reminded that one never knows what's behind the next door. Read more

  Posted on 24 August 2017 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY