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• A Chinese Poem from the Tang Dynasty

  

  Here in the mountain village Evening falls peacefully. Half tipsy, I lounge in the Doorway. The moon shines in the Twilight sky. The breeze is so Gentle the... Read more

  Posted on 16 September 2015 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Surrounded by Bits of Paper

  

  I'm in the midst of a massive cleaning and reorganization of my workroom -- and this involves cleaning out various folders of scribbled notes and sending them t... Read more

  Posted on 15 September 2015 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Soul Food from Tampa

  

  Arroz con Pollo, aka Chicken and Yellow Rice, is a standard of Tampa cuisine. It's probably the most often ordered of the many dishes in the Spanish... Read more

  Posted on 14 September 2015 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Sunday Scrapbook

  

  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 13 September 2015 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• After the Towers Fell

  

  there was a surge of hope across the land -- a sense of people working together, a sense of pride at the heroic responses of so many to the unspeakable horror... Read more

  Posted on 12 September 2015 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Sunrise Sequence

  

  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 11 September 2015 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Catching Up with the Cows

  

  The cows are loving their new pasture! The grass is high and they are enjoying eating their way across the slopes. And when they're full, there's a lovely spot... Read more

  Posted on 10 September 2015 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Three Little Biddies

  

  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 09 September 2015 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• The Indescribable Mellowness of Late Summer

  

  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 08 September 2015 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Layla Comes Home At Last

  

  Our friend Vic, who lives on a boat part of the year on the coast of NC and part of the year in the Bahamas, was working on his boat in a NC marina when this... Read more

  Posted on 07 September 2015 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Moving Day

  

  Saturday morning and the Jeep and I are blocking the road in preparation for running the herd (less the Jersey girls) across the road to what was Merle's farm. Read more

  Posted on 06 September 2015 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• The Little Things

  

  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 05 September 2015 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• A Little Kitteh Conundrum

  

  Yesterday morning just after breakfast, we heard one of the kittehs making that staccato mreow! mreow! sound that usually means they've caught a mouse or... Read more

  Posted on 04 September 2015 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Mama's Had Enough

  

  Remember the banty hen and her one chick? She is trying very hard to cast off the mother/child relationship. That large white bird at the rear is the chick. Read more

  Posted on 03 September 2015 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Come September

  

  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 02 September 2015 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• What New Adventure?

  

  . September and time for another class. In my years of teaching with Great Smokies Writing Program, I've had the pleasure of reading works in progress of all... Read more

  Posted on 01 September 2015 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• An Abundance of Eggses

  

  The chickens have gone into high gear and we have many eggs. I concocted this non-authentic Egg and Vegetable Vindaloo to use up some of the bounty. Read more

  Posted on 01 September 2015 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Whole Lot of Sniffin' Going On

  

  The folks in our rent house have two charming dogs -- Jerry and Khaleesi. Our dogs are enchanted with them and take every opportunity to visit. Read more

  Posted on 31 August 2015 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Sunrise Sunday

  

  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 30 August 2015 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Late August

  

  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 August 2015 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY