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• Sun and Shadow and Spring

  

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  Posted on 21 April 2016 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• DIMESTORE by Lee Smith

  

  When I was at Malaprop's on Sunday to hear my students read, I treated myself to a copy of Lee Smith's new book -- a collection of essays about her life as a... Read more

  Posted on 20 April 2016 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Glorious Color Everywhere!

  

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  Posted on 19 April 2016 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• A Student Reading at Malaprop's

  

  Yesterday members of my Advanced Prose class read at Malaprop's, Asheville's gem of a bookstore that recently made national news with a New York Times op-ed by... Read more

  Posted on 18 April 2016 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Detente

  

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  Posted on 17 April 2016 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Near and Far

  

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  Posted on 16 April 2016 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Time to Get Busy

  

  Time to get the chickweed and henbit out of the flower bed around the sundial . . . time to weed the asparagus . . . Time to admire the slowly opening tree peon... Read more

  Posted on 15 April 2016 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Pink and Blue Bloomers

  

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  Posted on 14 April 2016 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Strangely Interesting

  

  Ah, HB2, the 'Bathroom Bill' again. My friends from more enlightened areas have wondered what the big deal is. HB2 was rushed through in a matter of hours and,... Read more

  Posted on 13 April 2016 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• From the Gardens of Wally Maria

  

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  Posted on 12 April 2016 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Wally Maria's Italian Kitchen

  

  Thanks to kind friends, I was invited to attend an Italian cooking class last Saturday, at the home of Wally Maria Mazzuco Wyatt. (More about Wally Maria and he... Read more

  Posted on 11 April 2016 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Spring Trees Float Like Apparitions

  

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  Posted on 10 April 2016 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• A Looming Threat

  

  I was going to talk about the damage done to my beloved state of North Carolina by HB2 -- the hateful so-called 'bathroom bill' ( full explanation HERE. Read more

  Posted on 09 April 2016 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Boomer and Blooms

  

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  Posted on 08 April 2016 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Old News

  

  Claui brought me this trove of newspapers from the Twenties and Thirties. They'd been hidden beneath the liner paper of a cedar chest inherited from my... Read more

  Posted on 07 April 2016 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Dogs, Dogwoods, Etc,

  

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  Posted on 06 April 2016 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Where I Live

  

  Jayna, my long-time Facebook asked for a map of our farm so she could get a better idea of the layout. I sketched out the thing above -- very badly done but I... Read more

  Posted on 05 April 2016 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Interruption in Service . . .

  

  Yikes! Our internet service went down Friday night and I'm just now (Monday morning) getting to the library to read email. It's been strangely peaceful without... Read more

  Posted on 04 April 2016 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• The Elusive Boomer

  

  Not a Baby Boomer (they're not what you'd call elusive) but a Mountain Red Squirrel, also known as a Boomer. Justin spotted one a few years ago down at the lowe... Read more

  Posted on 02 April 2016 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Out Like a Lamb

  

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  Posted on 01 April 2016 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY