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• Deep In . . .

  

  It was a fine family time on Saturday -- two sons, one daughter-in-law, a niece, a nephew, and two great nephews, wielding wizard wands. Great food and wine... Read more

  Posted on 18 July 2016 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Meet Some Malvaceae

  

  Someone asked while back if hollyhocks were related to hibiscus and I checked. The answer is yes, they are both members of the rather sprawling family of Mallow... Read more

  Posted on 16 July 2016 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• What Caught My Eye on the Way to The Store

  

  Traffic stopped till Bambi got out of the road. Read more

  Posted on 15 July 2016 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Bear With Me . . .

  

  I haven't been blog visiting or vacuuming the house or doing anything but the most minimal cooking and laundry while I chip away at those last chapters. Three t... Read more

  Posted on 14 July 2016 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Summer Scenes

  

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  Posted on 13 July 2016 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Where?!?

  

  Five chapters to go! I am done with Shelton Laurel and the three Shelton Laurel/East Tennessee characters. Their story lines are complete. (I had already writte... Read more

  Posted on 12 July 2016 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Trapped in 1866 . . . . .

  

  . . . and trying to wrestle some ornery characters into submission. Keep me in your thoughts -- 6 chapters to go. Read more

  Posted on 11 July 2016 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Blackberries

  

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  Posted on 09 July 2016 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Seven

  

  Seven !!! VII 7 3+4 Siete !!!!!!! Read more

  Posted on 08 July 2016 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Really Must Say Damn

  

  That was me Tuesday night -- mired in self doubt. I had sought some information about the chronology of events following the Shelton Laurel Massacre and had... Read more

  Posted on 07 July 2016 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• In Spite of the Garden and Other Distractions . . . 8

  

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  Posted on 06 July 2016 CREATIVITY

• 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