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• Who Decides?

  

  I saw these on Facebook and a chill ran over me. Is this what we want? And if so, who says what kind of holy? (Definition:dedicated or consecrated to God or a... Read more

  Posted on 07 November 2016 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Roof Lines

  

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  Posted on 06 November 2016 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• In My Window . . .

  

  I think it's pretty adorable that my two sons, without knowledge of each other's choice, brought me almost identical orchids, Fiddling with the new camera some... Read more

  Posted on 05 November 2016 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• The Best News Ever!

  

  No, nothing about the book -- far better! Justin and Claui are having a baby! Claui is 12 weeks along and said baby is the size of a passion fruit (how... Read more

  Posted on 04 November 2016 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• New Camera Therapy

  

  My beloved Nikon D90 was in the truck when it rolled down the hill but, according to John, it seems to have escaped unharmed. Nonetheless, it's too unwieldy to... Read more

  Posted on 03 November 2016 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Busy, Busy . . .

  

  My second visit to the wound care center on Monday went well. New tissue is forming and still no infection. When I asked the doctor how long healing was likely... Read more

  Posted on 02 November 2016 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Miss Birdie in the Graveyard -- Amory and the Wild Girl

  

  Why, Lizzie Beth, how good it is to see you. I was just lamenting that you and me couldn't go up to the grave yard this year. I've made that trip every Hallowee... Read more

  Posted on 31 October 2016 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• In My Mind . . .

  

  Down at the pond -- another year . . . Look for Miss Birdie tomorrow . . . Read more

  Posted on 30 October 2016 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• The Wright Girls of Troy, Alabama

  

  My grandmother and her sisters in the very early 1900s... Read more

  Posted on 29 October 2016 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• It's All Connected Somewhere . . .

  

  A while back I discovered that one of the CNAs here went to school with my friend Ruth's daughter. Cool. She told me who her folks were and when she mentioned... Read more

  Posted on 28 October 2016 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• The Clay Girl

  

  by Heather Tucker is an amazing debut. The story of Ari, youngest of six sisters in a most dysfunctional family is told slant -- in language so poetic, so... Read more

  Posted on 27 October 2016 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Prelude to a Murder

  

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  Posted on 26 October 2016 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• At Thr Wound Center

  

  I went yesterday to the Wound Healing Center to have the big gouge on my right leg looked at. I was loaded into the facility's van at about 7:20 and whisked... Read more

  Posted on 25 October 2016 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Another Autumn...

  

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  Posted on 24 October 2016 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Puddin' Head Wilson and Others

  

  I read Mark Twain's Puddin'head Wilson as a Classic Comic over sixty years ago. So when I had a chance to download the book for free, I did. Read more

  Posted on 23 October 2016 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Kittehs Etcetera

  

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  Posted on 22 October 2016 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• At Glacial Speed. . .

  

  The first rejection comes almost three months after sending the completed manuscript of the Civil War novel to my agent. An editor for a major publishing house... Read more

  Posted on 21 October 2016 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Miss Birdie and the Show

  

  Well, what about that show last night, Lizzie Beth honey? The folks here was a little ill with me after the other one -- the one where that hateful orange-faced... Read more

  Posted on 20 October 2016 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• From the Archives: The Pencil Sketch Effect

  

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  Posted on 19 October 2016 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• The News

  

  Yesterday I was taken to the orthopedic surgeon so he could assess how my injuries were healing. On the whole, the news is encouraging: the broken ankle seems t... Read more

  Posted on 18 October 2016 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY