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• Imagine, If You Will . . .

  

  . Imagine, if you will, a country where intelligence is suspect, where corporations own the government, and government officials are entertainers, speaking to... Read more

  Posted on 05 July 2016 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• If . . .

  

  A Fourth of July thought from American historian Henry Steele Commager . . . and a good reminder for this election year. But maybe today we could just... Read more

  Posted on 04 July 2016 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Early Morning Moon

  

  A high thin sliver of moon accompanied the dawn on Friday morning . . . And my thoughts turned to a book my mother read to me when I was very young. Read more

  Posted on 03 July 2016 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• 9 -- In the Single Digits Now

  

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  Posted on 02 July 2016 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• That Bright Land

  

  "Early in this gripping whodunit set in the summer of 1866 from Roberts (A Short Time to Stay Here), Zeb Vance, the real-life governor of North Carolina, meets... Read more

  Posted on 01 July 2016 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• In the Garden . . .

  

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  Posted on 30 June 2016 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Feeling Moderately Excited . . .

  

  Eleven chapters to go! Eleven out of fifty! That's in the long-running Work in Progress about the Shelton Laurel Massacre. The past several days have been too... Read more

  Posted on 29 June 2016 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Crocosmia and Swallowtail

  

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  Posted on 28 June 2016 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Remembrance of Things Past

  

  I was standing at the kitchen sink washing the dishes and happened to glance out the window at my left where I could see the tops of the hollyhocks and the... Read more

  Posted on 27 June 2016 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Silent Sun Day Lilies

  

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  Posted on 26 June 2016 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Remembrance . . .

  

  The new email address has necessitated going through my email address book and sending notifications to those who I think might be interested. Read more

  Posted on 25 June 2016 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Summer in Bloom

  

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  Posted on 24 June 2016 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Ch-Ch-Ch-Change

  

  The web provider we've been with since we first ventured onto the internet is closing down the tower that has provided us with (not very) high speed wireless,... Read more

  Posted on 23 June 2016 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• The Masters of Photosynthesis

  

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  Posted on 22 June 2016 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Summer Solstice Full Moon on the Rise

  

  And what a way to spend a little time, waiting for her to make her entrance from behind the wooded ridge! The air was balmy; the sky was mottled with clouds... Read more

  Posted on 21 June 2016 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Hollyhocks

  

  When I returned home a week ago, I was thrilled to see that the hollyhocks I'd started from seed in 2015 were, at last, blooming. So of course I became obsessiv... Read more

  Posted on 20 June 2016 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• One Last Look at John C. Campbell Folk School

  

  Mornings at JCC begin with an optional program called Morningsong. On the last day the performers were The Pressley Girls -- daughters of a long time blog... Read more

  Posted on 19 June 2016 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Two More Studios and a Reading

  

  Printmaking with Jim Horton and his assistant Nancy Darrell was a class I'd love to take. The studio was quite near the dining hall and I must have stopped in... Read more

  Posted on 18 June 2016 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Pretty Pictures Everywhere

  

  The painting class (taught by Robin Popp) found plenty of inspiration on the JCC campus. Read more

  Posted on 17 June 2016 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Playing with Glass

  

  There were two different classes that involved playing with class. The first pictured here is Karen Reed's stained glass -- When I stopped in, only a few... Read more

  Posted on 16 June 2016 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY