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• On Aging

  

  “I’m in the early stages of dementia,” said the cheerful woman of my age or younger. Now there’s a conversation stopper. Awakened by the sun in my face one... Read more

  Posted on 16 August 2016 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• A Joyful Reumion

  

  We had a visit last weekend from our friend Vic. He's the one who's responsible for our adding Layla to our family. I told the story of how she found him and ho... Read more

  Posted on 15 August 2016 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Sunday Sunrise

  

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  Posted on 14 August 2016 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Wildlife, Fleeting and Otherwise

  

  . Coming home from the grocery store, as I turned off the bridge to head up Anderson Branch, I saw this heron standing in the shallows. Read more

  Posted on 13 August 2016 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Loose Cannon

  

  Credit: Luke Taylor The term 'loose cannon' has been thrown about a good deal recently. Here's its origin. Back in the Age of Sail, when great battleships... Read more

  Posted on 12 August 2016 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Statements in Pink and Green

  

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  Posted on 11 August 2016 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• What Are You Reading?

  

  I'm reading everything I can. Having written THE END to the never-ending work in progress, I'm flitting from book to book like a humming bird stoking up on... Read more

  Posted on 10 August 2016 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Winding Down

  

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  Posted on 09 August 2016 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Aunt Dodie's First Appearance

  

  I can't resist sharing with you all a bit from that unpublished first book. Elizabeth is on vacation at the coast and has discovered a body on the beach. Read more

  Posted on 08 August 2016 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Sky ~ Tree ~ Cloud

  

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  Posted on 07 August 2016 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Nan's Summer Sangria

  

  When I did a post a while back about making limoncello, Nan suggested I try this . . . And Justin and Claui were up for dinner and John made pizza and there... Read more

  Posted on 06 August 2016 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• And Other Summer Joys

  

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  Posted on 05 August 2016 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Our Wildlife Feeding Program

  

  We always plant more corn than we really need because something usually gets a lot of it -- worms, crows, cows . . . This year John put an electric fence... Read more

  Posted on 04 August 2016 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Extreme Editing - Part 2

  

  Several people on Facebook wanted to know if I was going to try to publish that first Elizabeth book, now that I'm editing it. Read more

  Posted on 03 August 2016 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• In the Kitchen

  

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  Posted on 02 August 2016 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Extreme Editing: Part 1

  

  I'm sitting here on the sofa with my laptop and the rug at my feet is littered with a (virtual) rising tide of discarded adverbs -- softly, slowly, evenly,... Read more

  Posted on 01 August 2016 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• On the Last Day of July (Thank Goodness!)

  

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  Posted on 31 July 2016 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Poke

  

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  Posted on 30 July 2016 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Pesto Time

  

  Fortunately the deer don't seem to like basil so I had a gracious plenty to harvest and turn into pesto. 4 cups basil leaves (tight packed- you can substitute... Read more

  Posted on 29 July 2016 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Lost in the Cosmos

  

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  Posted on 28 July 2016 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY