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• Holding the Light

  

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  Posted on 17 September 2017 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Time to Plant the Pansies

  

  With the autumnal equinox fast approaching, one of my favorite rituals kicks in -- planting pansies beneath the crepe myrtles in our entryway. Such obliging... Read more

  Posted on 16 September 2017 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Late Summer Seen

  

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  Posted on 15 September 2017 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Letter from Five Characters :Sim's Letter

  

  Sim is the one fictional character amongst the five voices that narrate my novel. He is a young man from East Tennessee who, like many, wants no part of the... Read more

  Posted on 14 September 2017 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Bouncy!

  

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  Posted on 13 September 2017 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• 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