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• A Blast from the Past . . . Or Is It?

  

  Continuing my purge of my workroom, de-accessioning books. going through files and folders and mysterious boxes of stuff, unopened in thirty-some years, I came... Read more

  Posted on 07 October 2015 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Just to Say. . .

  

  Though we never lost power during all the rains and our weather is glorious now, our internet server is down. I am briefly at the library to post this notice.... Read more

  Posted on 06 October 2015 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Still Raining . . . But Not Too Much

  

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  Posted on 04 October 2015 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Overheard in Heaven

  

  “Careful, Gabe, The Big Guy’s in a seriously unheavenly mood at the moment. I’d just shove all those petitions behind a cloud for the next few millennia if I... Read more

  Posted on 03 October 2015 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Signs of the Season

  

  Blackberry leaves turn . . . Squirrels feast on Black Walnuts . . . Poison ivy takes on beautiful color . . . Sang (ginseng) yellows up . . . Michaelmas... Read more

  Posted on 02 October 2015 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Thankful for Rain . . .

  

  We've had rainy weather for days now . . . and our dryer isn't working. John has diagnosed the problem and has the necessary part ordered . . . Read more

  Posted on 01 October 2015 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• From the Drawer

  

  A mixed bag of memorabilia from the drawer of my grandmother's treadle sewing machine . . . a pair of pince nez, snapshots of her and my grandfather during thei... Read more

  Posted on 30 September 2015 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Quick Captures

  

  September 15 (First meeting) 6-8:30 pm at the Riverlink offices in Asheville. Forty Pages -- a class through the Great Smokies Writing Program on... Read more

  Posted on 29 September 2015 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Ona Blankenship (re-post)

  

  This is a re-post from 2008. "This is how I picture Miss Birdie," my friend Louise told me last night, handing me these two black and white photos. Read more

  Posted on 28 September 2015 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Wonderful Wet Weather!

  

  September 15 (First meeting) 6-8:30 pm at the Riverlink offices in Asheville. Forty Pages -- a class through the Great Smokies Writing Program on... Read more

  Posted on 27 September 2015 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Twain's End

  

  Mark Twain has been a favorite of mine ever since I read Tom Sawyer many years ago. (The scene where Tom doses the cat with the tonic his aunt has been forcing... Read more

  Posted on 26 September 2015 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Mellow Autumn

  

  September 15 (First meeting) 6-8:30 pm at the Riverlink offices in Asheville. Forty Pages -- a class through the Great Smokies Writing Program on... Read more

  Posted on 25 September 2015 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Layla Update

  

  Layla is doing well and beginning, I think, to believe that this is where she belongs. She is not yet off leash outside except briefly -- and she's been good... Read more

  Posted on 24 September 2015 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• And the Wheel Turns Autumnwards

  

  Summer's lushness fades, Air cools, leaves crisp, nights lengthen, And Autumn arrives. Seasons come and go . . . Seasons come and go . . . Day and night... Read more

  Posted on 23 September 2015 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Advice from a Poet

  

  Words to live by, not just for poets and writers but for everyone. They are from One Hundred White Daffodils by the poet Jane Kenyon and I came across them in... Read more

  Posted on 22 September 2015 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Asheville After the Rain

  

  I was in town yesterday to participate in a program of readings by members of the Great Smokies Writing Program. It was a pleasant, well-attended hour and a hal... Read more

  Posted on 21 September 2015 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• A Walk on the New Road

  

  September 15 (First meeting) 6-8:30 pm at the Riverlink offices in Asheville. Forty Pages -- a class through the Great Smokies Writing Program on... Read more

  Posted on 20 September 2015 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Franckle Found!

  

  After finding the note from my long ago student and posting about it Thursday, several folks here and on Facebook encouraged me to have a look for him to make... Read more

  Posted on 19 September 2015 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Great Spangled Fritillary is Ready for Her Closeup

  

  At the end of the season, she's a tad faded but still beautiful. She posed most obligingly, side and front. Wings lowered, wings raised . . . And then she was... Read more

  Posted on 18 September 2015 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• It Fluttered to the Floor . . .

  

  I'm still going through drawers and boxes and files in the great purge of my workroom and at some point, this folded bit of paper did, indeed, flutter to the... Read more

  Posted on 17 September 2015 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY