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• Today's Text

  

  As the president and Elon Musk continue to hollow out our government, including the DOD, Putin must be congratulating himself on installing this useful idiot... Read more

  Posted on 24 February 2025 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Josie the Disciplinarian

  

  I found this list of rules (or as Josie spells it rools) taped to the bannisters at the top of the stairs. I was puzzled at first then remembered that Josie... Read more

  Posted on 23 February 2025 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Icicles

  

  After snow all day Thursday and the temperature in the teens that night, we were happy to awake to sunshine and a melt in progress--and we still had power and... Read more

  Posted on 22 February 2025 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• We Are Not Okay

  

  Today I am embarrassed to be an American. Our president appears to be in thrall to Russia's Putin. In the Bizarro World of the FOTUS, Ukraine started the war an... Read more

  Posted on 21 February 2025 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• And Snow

  

  Paltry by Canadian standards but enough to call off school. The mountain roads the school busses travel are too dangerous when icy to risk.My call/email today i... Read more

  Posted on 20 February 2025 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Wild Times at the Palma Ceia

  

  The Palma Ceia Theater in South Tampa led something of a double life. Showing artsy and foreign films on weeknights, on Saturday mornings she let her hair down... Read more

  Posted on 19 February 2025 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Keeping On

  

  Write those emails; make those calls.There are so very many things to be addressed but I try to limit myself. A friend told me she had trouble with calling as... Read more

  Posted on 18 February 2025 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Strange Day

  

  First my Facebook account was suspended. The reason given had to do with an Instagram account--that I don't believe is mine. I signed up for IG years ago but... Read more

  Posted on 17 February 2025 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• 1975

  

  Our late neighbor Clifford Freeman, Ethan and his cousin Andrew, all on the good mule Nell. Read more

  Posted on 16 February 2025 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Josie Update

  

  There was a Valentine's Day dance at school just for kindergarten, first, and second grades. It was awesome! I wore my new dress and danced with my friends.... Read more

  Posted on 15 February 2025 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Happy Valentine's Day!

  

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  Posted on 14 February 2025 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• And I'm Back

  

  A new charging cord and my laptop is back in business! Boy, what an improvement to use a full size keyboard Would that everything else I'm worried about could b... Read more

  Posted on 13 February 2025 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• This Is Just to Say

  

  I'm having computer problems and using my phone to post. Which is a drag. If you don't hear from me for a few days, that's what's up. Read more

  Posted on 11 February 2025 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Where Are We Going?

  

  onOur country is heading into the unknown as a mad president raves about sporks and plastic straws while choosing the worst and wackiest for his government. Read more

  Posted on 10 February 2025 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Orchids in the Sun

  

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  Posted on 09 February 2025 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Bricolage (See Also Gallimaufry)

  

  BRICOLAGE1. (In art or literature) Construction or creation from a diverse range of available things.2. Something constructed or created from a diverse range... Read more

  Posted on 08 February 2025 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Trying to Improve

  

  As I've said before, drawing people is right out of my comfort zone. So I'm working on it, using old photos from family albums. All the folks pictured are no... Read more

  Posted on 07 February 2025 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Do Something

  

  I confess to having felt overwhelmed by the shock and awe, flood the zone tactics of FOTUS, Musk, and all their minions. But, shamed by the resolution of some o... Read more

  Posted on 06 February 2025 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• A Narrow Fellow in the Grass

  

  The neighbors are awakening! This slender young blacksnake brought Emily D.'s poem to mind, though he didn't slide away. Indeed, I believe s/he had just... Read more

  Posted on 05 February 2025 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Signs of Re-Birth and Renewal

  

  Thrusting through Fall's leaves,Green blades promise anotherSpring--as the wheel turns. Read more

  Posted on 04 February 2025 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY