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• French Broad River Dreams -- a Repost

  

  Sometimes a man just needs to be off by himself . . . Away from the bother of family life . . . The screaming kids, the quarrelsome wife . . . Out in nature on... Read more

  Posted on 15 February 2017 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• The Options Available . . .

  

  One of my Facebook friends posted that she and her wife were considering different plans for Valentine's Day -- dinner out? dinner and a movie? Fancy restaurant... Read more

  Posted on 14 February 2017 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Sweet Songs of Froggy Love . . . Ribbet!

  

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  Posted on 13 February 2017 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Work in Progress

  

  This is what I'm working on now -- while I wait to hear the fate of my Civil War novel -- a loosely connected series of short stories set in my neighborhood or... Read more

  Posted on 12 February 2017 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Moonstruck

  

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  Posted on 11 February 2017 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Better Living Through Dirt

  

  The planters on the deck still have a few blooming violets, planted last September. They also have weeds. Aha! A gardening task of just the right scope . . . Read more

  Posted on 10 February 2017 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• One Fish, More Fish

  

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  Posted on 09 February 2017 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Progress Report

  

  Much improvement! I'm cooking and doing laundry and other light chores. Going up and down stairs (carefully) and no longer need to sit down to shower nor to... Read more

  Posted on 08 February 2017 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Looking . . .

  

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  Posted on 07 February 2017 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• In the Channel Islands

  

  I find myself doing a lot of re-reading these days -- comfort reads for these perilous times. I'd read The Guernsey Literary etc. a few years ago and, turning t... Read more

  Posted on 06 February 2017 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Some Quilts

  

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  Posted on 05 February 2017 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Someday There Will Be Flowers Again . . .

  

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  Posted on 04 February 2017 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Layla is Sad

  

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  Posted on 03 February 2017 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Green Optimists

  

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  Posted on 02 February 2017 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Son of the Red Pen

  

  But wait! There are more misused words and phrases that have come to my attention since my last post on the subject. Let's begin with this from one of my... Read more

  Posted on 01 February 2017 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• And It Snowed . . .

  

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  Posted on 31 January 2017 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Distress Signal

  

  The United States Flag Code, Title 4, Ch.1 8(a) The flag should never be displayed with the union down except as a symbol of dire distress in instances of... Read more

  Posted on 30 January 2017 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• From the Archives

  

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  Posted on 29 January 2017 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Virtue Rewarded with a German Apple Pancake

  

  Thursday was devoted to installing a new refrigerator to replace the old one that kept frosting up. John did the hard part -- muscling the unwieldy things in an... Read more

  Posted on 28 January 2017 CREATIVITY

• In the Glass

  

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  Posted on 27 January 2017 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY